Graphic Poetry

Book referenced on moodle 'Graphic poetry' A Wig-01 project which i found in library but also looked onto their website www.wig-01.com/graphicpoetry which also showcased some of their work. The kiss by Alan Kitching (poem by Maureen McManus) was one that grabbed my attention just through the though process behind this. For one the overall composition is obviously representing lips, but the colouring looks like lipstick or at least feminine lipstick colours and also on the one side it's as if someone has kissed them poem and left a kiss mark. From the word kiss featured at the top of the poem it made me think of the sound of a kiss, getting louder as the letters grew bigger. The fixed width condensed typeface used takes the idea away from a classic love poem, if you changed the type to calligraphly your connotation of this would differ, you would think classic love poem even though you haven't read it yet. this typeface brings it up to date whilst setting the tone for the poem.

Scan from Graphic Poetry

Scan from Graphic Poetry

 At this stage I think I might keep the poem quite simple and rely on a bold quirky heading, otherwise i think if i use something too out there for the whole design it may disturb the legibility of the piece and take away the content of the poem. whereas if you use the header as the vocal point the interest would already of been gained.... but then again i don't want to disappoint or bore them.