Last meeting the Young Writers’ Club, a club sponsored by Ms. Goff and Mr. White to encourage students to become better writers, met to discuss their weekly topic: concrete poems, also known as shape poems. During the meeting students learned to analyze concrete poems and create their own given a prompt. This time the prompt was “Growing Tall”. During the meeting, students had created various creative poems but many had been lost or incomplete. The following is an example of a concrete poem by a fellow student and club member:

a tree

long legs.

Moving up  the L

                            A

                            D

                            D

                            E

                             Reaching new heights

                             The sky. A little boy

                              A teenager. A man.

                              A footstool. Clothes

                               that don’t F

                                                  I

                                                  The end.

If you are interested in learning about topics such as these or improving your ability as a writer feel free to stop by the library for Young Writers’ Club. Meetings are held Mondays 2:30-3:30.