shape poem可翻譯為“形體詩”，是一種將詩行排列成某種圖案的詩。
其圖案多種多樣，範圍也比較廣泛。漢語的寶塔詩就屬於這種詩。比較經典的實例就是John Hollander所寫的"Swan and Shade"（天鵝與影子），將詩寫成一隻天鵝與它的影子的圖案。
Dusk
Above the
water hang the
loud
flies
Here
O so
gray
then
What A pale signal will appear
When Soon before its shadow fades
WhereHere in this pool of opened eye
In us No Upon us As at the very edges
of where we take shape in the dark air
this object bares its image awakening
ripples of recognition that will
brush darkness up into light
even after this bird this hour both drift by atop the perfect sad instant now
already passing out of sight
toward yet-untroubled reflection
this image bears its object darkening
into memorial shades Scattered bits of
light No of water Or something across
waterBreaking up No Being regathered
soon Yet by then a swan will have
gone Yes out of mind into what
vast
pale
hush
of a
place
past
sudden dark as
if a swan
sang
