Shape Poems

There are several sites out there for free to create shape poems with your students. @ldenker shared this one today on Twitter that I had never seen before and looks promising. Students can choose a shape or draw their own and then choose words to fill it.
Another site for shape poems is by Read, Write, Think. This one also has pre-made shapes that students can choose from to create a poem. These can also be used to type out stories about various topics in case you aren't studying poetry.
These sites can be very beneficial in the classroom with language arts, or any subject. Try them and see what you think!

Valentine Writing

This site allows students to choose an effect for their writing and create a story or poem in a specific shape. I shared this with my teachers last year around Valentine's Day. A Kindergarten teacher at our school used it for her students to write a letter to their moms for Valentine's Day. They printed them out and it was very cute.
Simply click the effect you want, click text and enter your text in the box, then click layout to change the font, size, and paper (if necessary). Then, click print. I found this works much better in Safari rather than Firefox if you are on a mac. :)
Neat site with a few different layouts to print your messages for others.