Draw shapes and lines on paper. Include curves, waves, parallel and intersecting lines, circles and other geometric shapes. Choose one of the drawings.
Study the shape and brainstorm a list of words that come to mind. Think about the shape itself and also what visual images comes to mind. Choose descriptive words that support the image.
Choose an object or an animal and draw the outline of it on a piece of paper. Make a list of words that describe the object or animal. Create a poem using the words. Arrange the finished poem around the outline.
Play with the words and the shape. Create a poem that partners with the shape to support the significance of both. Make a poem in a circle that can be read from different starting points.
Review the finished poem and gauge how identifiable the image is and how it relates to the words of the poem. Make sure the poem can stand on its own without a visual image.
Create poems that can be read in more than one way. Consider a V-shape that can may be read down one side and up the other, and then reversed for a new meaning.