{"id":2279,"date":"2018-08-21T10:00:09","date_gmt":"2018-08-21T14:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/?p=2279"},"modified":"2018-07-30T11:15:15","modified_gmt":"2018-07-30T15:15:15","slug":"blackout-poetry-a-creative-look-at-a-written-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/blog\/2018\/08\/21\/blackout-poetry-a-creative-look-at-a-written-page\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackout Poetry – A Creative Look at a Written Page"},"content":{"rendered":"

All poetry is NOT created equal. Blackout poetry is a modern take on free verse. It requires you to find a newspaper article to enlarge or a page from a printed book that you slice free to use its words in a new way. Below are basic directions and two samples. Look for motivation on Pinterest, then dive in. It’s a challenge as well as a fun activity.<\/p>\n

Instructions for Blackout Poetry**<\/p>\n

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  1. Scan article or page for anchor words \u2013 words that jump out at you or words you know you would like to use in your poem<\/li>\n
  2. Underline the words you would like to use with pencil<\/li>\n
  3. Find and underline any connecting words<\/li>\n
  4. Black out all of the words not being used<\/li>\n
  5. Be sure that you have at least 4 words on the page.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    **Created by jdrowellclass.wordpress.com\/2013\/12\/19\/blackout-poetry-directions<\/p>\n

    Here are two examples to get you started<\/p>\n

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    Imagines by Kevin Harrell <\/a>\u00a0\u00a0(1) July 9. 2012\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (2) August 25, 2017\u00a0 He calls this form of poetry “creative destruction”\u00a0 Find him at www.blackoutpoetry.net<\/p>\n

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    All poetry is NOT created equal. Blackout poetry is a modern take on free verse. It requires you to find a newspaper article to enlarge or a page from a printed book that you slice free to use its words in a new way. Below are basic directions and two samples. Look for motivation on Pinterest, then dive in. It’s a challenge as well as a fun activity. Instructions for Blackout Poetry** Scan article or page for anchor words \u2013 words that jump out at you or words you know you would like to use in your poem Underline the...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[130,268],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry","category-random-drawing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2279"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2330,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2279\/revisions\/2330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}