This book would function both as a great learning tool for just a regular writing class and would also work great with a poetry or general creative writing class. This book is not just easy to read because of how the poems are placed on the page, but is a good tool to spark someone's interest more so in poetry if it hasn't been sparked already. This book gives children the opportunity to view poetry in a more fun but less traditional way that can help them actually become more interested in poetry. Showing the meaning of the poem through the words and how they are put on the page makes it easier to write about and also easier to understand. Normally words should speak for themselves in a more traditional sense but this book truly adds something extra to captivate more so what it is trying to say with each poem.

There are even instances where this book directly speaks about a ball and writes the word 'ball' across the page in a way that a ball would bounce.

Action words, for example, are put on the page based on what the action means. This book has words running around, along and within the page in order to present the poetry in a more fun and creative way to the readers. Wet cement is a book that utilizes different shapes and sizes in order to portray and bring to life poems on the page more. Icicles (meant to look like an icicle, hanging from the eaves-get it?) This is a vibrant, creative and fun collection of concrete poems, and perfect for 2nd-6th graders. how can one poet conjure so many images to form with his words?

So, poets like Bob Raczka, who take the words from their minds and turn them into poetry and shapes intrigue me and capture my attention. Words are ever-present in my mind, so I write poetry as a way of keeping myself sane.īut, shapes? Shapes are never in my mind (ask my freshman geometry teacher, she will confirm this).

Wet Cement by Bob Raczka