The term 'sciatica' describes pain along the course of the sciatic nerve in the lumbar spine that causes pain to radiate from the back down the leg in the distribution innervated by one of five distinct nerves: L1 = groin, L2 = upper thigh, L3 = middle thigh, L4 = knee, L5 = shin, top of foot, big toe, S1 = lateral calf, heel, bottom of foot ( ...
PoetrySoup is a great resource for examples of calligram poems or a list of calligram poetry. These examples illustrate what calligram poems look like. There is also a link below to the definition of calligram and a page where you can discuss these types of poems.
A ` calligram ` is a poem (though can also be a phrase or single word) in which the typeface or handwriting forms an important part of the focus. Children work on their own calligrams or shape poems, drawing on the brainstorm, looking at the focus or model and adding their own ideas. Posted by at 27/04/2011.