Archive for June, 2010

More From Zachary Scott Lawrence

Posted in art, ASCII Text Art, calligrams, concrete poetry, pattern poetry, poems, poetry, shape poems, typography, Uncategorized, visual poetry with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 28, 2010 by ecko

Copyright © 2010 Zachary Scott Lawrence.  All rights reserved.

Here are two more by Mr. Lawrence.  I’ve featured him before and enjoy the different directions he takes his visual poetry.  He has a blog called “Languagisticology” where he features his various explorations into this visual art form.  I encourage you to take a look at:

http://zslawrence.blogspot.com/

In Honor of Michael Jackson

Posted in art, ASCII Text Art, calligrams, concrete poetry, Michael Jackson, pattern poetry, poems, poetry, shape poems, typography, Uncategorized, visual poetry with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 25, 2010 by ecko

“Michael”  Copyright  © 2009 John Ecko.  All rights reserved.

I was shocked to realize that it was the anniversary of Michael Jackson’s death already.  Still feels like a couple months ago to me.  I’ve reposted this in his honor.  Michael, you are missed.

John

Featuring the work of Rochelle Donald

Posted in art, ASCII Text Art, calligrams, concrete poetry, pattern poetry, poems, poetry, shape poems, typography, Uncategorized, visual poetry with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 22, 2010 by ecko

Calligram Ship, originally uploaded by Rochelle Donald.

“Calligram Ship” Copyright © 2009 Rochelle Donald.  All rights reserved.

I came across Rochelle’s stunning calligrams on flickr and was impressed by such attention to detail. In this piece she expresses this wonderful visual using words from the story “Treasure Island”. I encourage you to check out Rochelle’s flickr page to see more of her work or visit Rochelle’s blog page at:

http://rochelledonald.wordpress.com

Another By Guillaume Apollinaire

Posted in art, ASCII Text Art, calligrams, concrete poetry, pattern poetry, poems, poetry, shape poems, typography, Uncategorized, visual poetry with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 14, 2010 by ecko

guillaume apollinaire – horse calligram, originally uploaded by visual think map.

Here’s another by Guillaume Apollinaire.  One of the best.  While I’m finishing my new book this summer, I’ll try to post various works by other artists that share the same passion for this art/poetry form. 

John 🙂