The following description and examples are reposted with permission from Shadow Poetry, with thanks to Emily Romano and Jan Turner.
The Pictorial, created by Emily Romano is a type of shape poem, where the entire poem must be printed in slanting lines indicative of the thought in those lines. The poem should consist of three lines with five words or less per line. There should be rhyme somewhere in the poem, either end rhyme or internal rhyme.
Example #1:
See and rippling
how how like
the the waves
roof sunlight along
slopes follows hollows
Copyright © 2007 Emily Romano
Example #2:
shows rows: glows!
moon beyond pumpkin
Rising rows each
Copyright © 2007 Emily Romano
Example #3:
Migration (Double Pictorial)
The my for that
skies soul it all
are seeks is cares
where peace there cease.
sees flight geese right.
one shaped of seems
when v- flocks world
For the of the
Copyright © 2007 Jan Turner
My Example
Form: Double Pictorial
Note: I saw from the above example the the poet has some leeway on the number of lines.
Puppy Rescue
but found the task too hard. The pup fell from above
then carried him far up and landed in my yard.
from the pup’s own yard So give your puppy loveLawrencealot – January 30, 2015