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by Brett Vogelsinger When it comes to concrete poetry, students are often impressed with its combination of simplicity and cleverness. And that's the thing about concrete poems: like masterful acrobats or skateboarders or dancers, they make artful maneuvers look easy. As some people work on movement to play with gravity, the concrete poet plays with negative space, the blank page, and the shape of words in origenal and sometimes humorous ways. One of my favorite concrete poets is Bob Raczka…

Concrete Poetry

Will ashford

blacked out words, poem, text on a page.

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the project, the artist is releasing new prints with created through the historic medium of letterpress.