The image is of sweet pea petals arranged in three lines as a haiku, with each petal representing a syllable. There are five syllables, seven syllables, five syllables. The final syllables on the first and third lines are inedible sweet pea beans. The text reads 'Sweet Pea Haiku, Late Draft (Overworked).

Making visual poems with flowers

Posted on by Josephine Corcoran

I’ve used this blog before as a place to record workshop ideas, so I’m adding a post about some visual poems I’ve made as they would also work very well in a workshop. Here I’ve substituted flowers for syllables, words and rhymes in a few poetic forms (haiku, couplet, quatrain, end rhyme) but any found material could be used in place of flowers (one teacher I know used objects found in the classroom to construct visual poems) and there are many more poetic forms to engage with! I’ve posted these pieces on Instagram @andothermaterials where you can find more of this kind of playful and experimental work.

  • The image is of sweet pea petals arranged in three lines as a haiku, with each petal representing a syllable. There are five syllables, seven syllables, five syllables. The final syllables on the first and third lines are inedible sweet pea beans. The text reads 'Sweet Pea Haiku, Late Draft (Overworked).
    Garden Flower Poem by Josephine Corcoran
  • The image is of petals of geraniums and daisies arranged in two lines like a couplet
    Garden Flower Poem by Josephine Corcoran
  • The image is of buttercup and forget-me-not petals arranged on three lines like a haiku, with each petal representing one syllable.
    Wildflower Poem by Josephine Corcoran
  • The image is of petals of buttercups, forget-me-nots, herb robert and daisies arranged in lines like a quatrain
    Wildflower Poem by Josephine Corcoran

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