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"Who says words need to be concrete? This collection shapes poems in surprising and delightful ways.Concrete poetry is a perennially popular poetic form because they are fun to look at. But by using the arrangement of the words on the page to convey the meaning of the poem, concrete or shape poems are also easy to write! From the author of the incredibly inventive Lemonade: And Other Poems Squeezed from a Single Word comes another clever collection...

A story in concrete poetry in which a dog slips out of his house and meets a white cat left alone on the street. Together their adventure begins.

"Kindergarde invited experimental writers from all over the country to re-create their poetics and ideas for younger audiences in order to see what this community of writers would say to children. The Kindergarde anthology is the result of this effort"--Page 174.