BLACKOUT POETRY- Graphite
WHAT IS A BLACKOUT POEM?
A blackout poem is when a poet marks out already established text– like in a newspaper– and starts redacting words until a poem is formed. One interesting feature of a blackout poem is that the text AND redacted text create not only a poem, but also a work of visual art.
GRAPHITE-
Here is another of my experiments with blackout poetry. It is titled, Graphite. Below the poem is the text it was created from.
OTHER BLACKOUT POEMS-
Love it! Did you get inspired by Austin Kleon? He's been doing these for a while, you should definetely check him out. I also have some of his book stuff on my page! Also, I just discovered your channel - I'm also involved in the art scene, kind of. However, I don't make beautiful poems as you do 😉 But I'm trying to be helpful by publishing articles about artists, the art scene & a daily Dosis of inspiration and motivation 😇 Would love to have a chat with you on my channel!
My inspiration came from a poet friend of mine who does these, Sarah Sloat. When I get some time later today I will check out your blog. Thanks for your interest and comments.
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Oh wow!! This is such an awesome idea! I think I've come across this before but didn't pay it any attention. What a mistake that was! Thanks for bringing this to my attention, Dale. Will definitely try this out soon!
It’s lots of fun, give it a try.
Definitely! Looking for words to cobble together as we speak.
Thanx for the info. Nice post !
Your’re welcome.
Never heard of this. Nice
Glad you enjoyed it.
This is the first time i heard of black out poem.
It does look like some kind of art
They are fun to do and there are lots of ways to make them visually interesting.
Thanks for sharing @beginningtoend .
You’re welcome.
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This is really cool. Never saw it before, I like it ;)
Thanks.
Hi there - I rec'd a DM from you from #Promotion with a link to this post. ??
Hmmm, not a DM, it was just an indication in my #promotion post that I had upped your post.
ah....thank you. I couldn't see it on the #promotion so I wondered if maybe someone was using your identity - after the trouble from the other day with some kind of hack..so I wanted to check. Thank you for upping my post and getting back to me.
No problem, have a good day.
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