![]() ![]() ![]() For example, each lowercase letter i in the title “Icicle” dangles upside-down, the dots emulating water dripping from icicle tips. Even the single-word titles of each poem are themselves concrete poems, with individual letters creatively and cleverly arranged. From the table of contents (shaped, of course, like a table) to the final verso copyright page (fashioned into one big copyright symbol), Raczka plays with shape, font, and position of text so that concrete poetry permeates the book. What makes this anthology of concrete poems stand apart from others, though, is that Raczka also creates these paintings throughout the entire book. In Wet Cement, author Bob Raczka begins with a credo: “I like to think of poems as word paintings.” Indeed, the concrete poetry-also known as shape poetry-filling the pages of this brilliant collection not only paint images with what words say, but also with how those words appear on the page. ![]()
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