Investigation- Shape Poetry

I was looking around for some interesting styles of poetry, and boy are they so many! It was quite overwhelming. Anyhow, I came across Shape poetry! And I really like the idea of it. Its basically when a poem takes a shape of the subject of the poem. For example, if the subject of a poem were a rose, then the poem would be shaped like a rose.Cool huh?

Here is an example of a Shape poem:

My Body

                             my
                            body
                             is
                             a
                   walking representation
                 the outward visual caption
                      of what it means
             to                               be
                            me
                         from the
                          outside
                          looking
                            in
                  at times        I hide
                 from you         but  mostly
                what you          see  is
                what you          will get

Here is another cool example:
Broken Car

                 What can I do with
                a car that doesn't go
          Can I find some way to fix it
    How long will it be before I can go again
   Can the car even be fixed or is it hopeless
   I can't take a bus to work they aren't around
        Stranded                  No Money
         Damned                    Things 

I think thats pretty cool and interesting, and would probably be fun to do. I think this style would
also attract a persons attention towards the poem
just as it did for me:)

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