Lighthouse

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“Lighthouse” Copyright © 2008 John Ecko.  All rights reserved.

From the newly published Book:  “Signs of Life, A Book of Visual Poetry” Copyright © 2009 John Ecko.  All rights reserved.

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Dare To Live

Posted in art, ASCII Text Art, calligrams, concrete poetry, pattern poetry, poems, poetry, shape poems, typography, Uncategorized, visual poetry with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 9, 2009 by ecko

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“Dare To Live” Copyright © 2008 John Ecko.  All rights reserved.

From the newly published Book:  “Signs of Life, A Book of Visual Poetry” Copyright © 2009 John Ecko.  All rights reserved.

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Crop Circles

Posted in art, ASCII Text Art, calligrams, concrete poetry, pattern poetry, poems, poetry, shape poems, typography, Uncategorized, visual poetry with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 7, 2009 by ecko

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“Crop Circles” Copyright © 2008 John Ecko.  All rights reserved.

From the newly published Book:  “Signs of Life, A Book of Visual Poetry” Copyright © 2009 John Ecko.  All rights reserved.

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Visual Poetry by Zachary Scott Lawrence

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Copyright © 2009 Zachary Scott Lawrence.  All rights reserved.

I was excited when Zachary first contacted me and I found out that he too was a shape poet. There doesn’t seem to be many of us these days so it was a real honor for me to feature some of his work here. What I love most about Zachary’s work is his attention to details that really bring out his work. Please go visit Zachary’s site for readable versions of his works and to see more of his wonderful visual poetry. His web site is called Languagisticology: http://zslawrence.blogspot.com/

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Death Woes

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death-woes-photo1“Death Woes” Copyright © 2008 John Ecko.  All rights reserved.

From the newly published Book:  “Signs of Life, A Book of Visual Poetry” Copyright © 2009 John Ecko.  All rights reserved.

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Signs of Life

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signs-of-life-photo1“Signs of Life” Copyright © 2008 John Ecko.  All rights reserved.

From the newly published Book:  “Signs of Life, A Book of Visual Poetry” Copyright © 2009 John Ecko.  All rights reserved.

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Ai (Love)

Posted in art, ASCII Text Art, calligrams, concrete poetry, pattern poetry, poems, poetry, shape poems, typography, Uncategorized, visual poetry with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 12, 2009 by ecko

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A Poem For Valentine’s Day

“Ai (Love)” Copyright © 2008 John Ecko.  All rights reserved.

From the newly published Book:  “Signs of Life, A Book of Visual Poetry” Copyright © 2009 John Ecko.  All rights reserved.

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New Book: “Signs of Life” Is Now Available!!!

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Cover image from “Signs of Life” Copyright © 2009 John Ecko.  All rights reserved.

Sculpture:  “La Nostalgia” by Ramiz Barquet.

Signs of Life is a unique collection of visual/concrete poems that stretch the imagination, taking the reader on a journey beneath the surface of man. From love to hate, politics to religion, the beautiful to the macabre; this book explores the many footprints left by the human race for the better, and sometimes the worse.

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UPDATE 5/8/09:

Also available at amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0578010259/sr=1-1/qid=1239361671/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1239361671&sr=1-1&seller=

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Ajar

Posted in art, ASCII Text Art, calligrams, concrete poetry, pattern poetry, poems, poetry, shape poems, typography, Uncategorized, visual poetry with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 6, 2009 by ecko

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“Ajar” Copyright © 2008 John Ecko.  All rights reserved.

From the newly published Book:  “Signs of Life, A Book of Visual Poetry” Copyright © 2009 John Ecko.  All rights reserved.

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Peacemaker

Posted in art, ASCII Text Art, calligrams, concrete poetry, pattern poetry, poems, poetry, shape poems, typography, Uncategorized, visual poetry with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 31, 2009 by ecko

Peacemaker

“Peacemaker” Copyright © 2008 John Ecko.  All rights reserved.

From the newly published Book:  “Signs of Life, A Book of Visual Poetry” Copyright © 2009 John Ecko.  All rights reserved.

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