Concrete Poetry
Concrete poetry is poetry in which the meaning/effect is conveyed mainly by visual means, using patterns of words or letter and other typographical devices. This whole concept is very subjective and there is no right or wrong way to interpret the poetry. It is thought that the poetry should not be read, but should act upon the perceiver. The concept links to the 'semiotic poem' which looks at language and that it is based on a set of signs; limiting to a visual response.
David Aylward
'Typescapes' is a book of Aylward's work on concrete poetry. He is an artist born in the UK, but now living in Toronto. I found researching his work interesting as there were a lot of opinion based responses, something you would expect form this. The main theme within the comments was that the work is very visual and it represents the subject in this way.
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