Written 3rd September, 2026 This Week's Poetry Art Challenge: Words Take Shape
Create a calligram in which the placement of your words forms a recognizable shape related to the poem's subject. Let the words become both the poem and the picture.
the high sun, soft green, the stem twisting, a silver sheen, scented breezes played, beneath the summer sun is aglow. the midday heat begins to grow, and breathes its oil into the flow, while shadows gently flow, to wait in quiet shade, no resisting. green it spun. to
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