concrete poet

noun

1. a writer of concrete poetry.

Word History and Origins

Origin of concrete poet¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

Now Ms. Halo looked to random list generators, Anne Carson’s translations of Sappho and the work of the Brazilian concrete poet Haroldo de Campos to break up linearity.

From New York Times

He looked up lists of poetry movements on Wikipedia and concluded that he was not just a poet, he was a concrete poet.

From The New Yorker

Brazil's biggest newspaper group announced the death at the top of its website with a photograph of the country's celebrated intellectual and two articles lauding him as "the concrete poet", "the pessimist who loved life" and the "traditionalist for tomorrow."

From The Guardian

So let the inexhaustibly inventive painter and concrete poet Kay Rosen have the last word.

From New York Times