Read Between The Lines
Recently, at my other blog, I did a series of erasure or black-out poetry. I took old newspapers and magazines, even on-line posts, took a marker pen (digital too) and started blacking out lines. Looking back, mostly what was created was not poetry, but it was fun doing it.
I chose five, which I think are the best of the lot, for your reading pleasure.
If you want to read the whole nine-yards click the LINE HERE.
Read Between The Lines
#4
skip socialising today
You may be reminded of a debt
#8
a spider's web across
eyeballs
the truth
must be shining with light
#9
having fun should not be hard
you need to pay attention to it
#10
you always carry lots of money.
That's the problem.
#17
No history could tell the secret
of that have always existed on the fringes,
the witch doctor
the hidden temples
the jungle tribe
Really, my mind has a blackout almost every day, and you want to talk to me about poetry?
- dsnake1's muse
© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ) 2021
I chose five, which I think are the best of the lot, for your reading pleasure.
If you want to read the whole nine-yards click the LINE HERE.
Read Between The Lines
#4
skip socialising today
You may be reminded of a debt
#8
a spider's web across
eyeballs
the truth
must be shining with light
#9
having fun should not be hard
you need to pay attention to it
#10
you always carry lots of money.
That's the problem.
#17
No history could tell the secret
of that have always existed on the fringes,
the witch doctor
the hidden temples
the jungle tribe
Really, my mind has a blackout almost every day, and you want to talk to me about poetry?
- dsnake1's muse
© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ) 2021
Labels: blackout poetry, challenge, Poetry exercise
posted by dsnake1 at 9:18 PM
23 Comments:
Those are wonderful! I love blackout and erasures! I love reading them, and being awed by the words others pull out, and I love doing them. In fact, it's a bit of an addiction when I'm just sitting and reading a magazine.
Lisa,
Thank you!
yes, i agree that it can be a bit of an addiction wanting to do blackout poetry just sitting and reading a magazine. :)
These are such fun...I like writing them too.
These are delightful .... every one. I am going to give erasure poetry a try!
So much wisdom hid for us to find. Like magnetic poetry we stream of conscious with. I especially like the one about carrying too much money and that's the problem.
They read like morsels of daily wisdom. Number 8, in particular, makes an impact.
What a marvelous collection. I love the art of blackout poems.
Rallentanda,
Thank you! :)
Helen,
yes, please give it a try. it's fun. :)
Colleen,
yes, a stream of conscious. you skim through the lines & try to visualise another scenario out of it.
glad that you liked that one. :)
Fascinating! #4 puts me in mind of a fortune cookie. I love the mystery in #8 and #17. I have tried erasures a number of times but am never much good at it. Wrong kind of mind, perhaps. I admire the way Magaly and some others do it. For myself, I am better at the other kind of found poetry, where one spots a poem in an existing sequence of words.
PS Your hint to Colleen is a revelation to me; I might give erasures another try with that in mind.
Perhaps eradicating a few words makes more sense than adding a few more!
Magaly,
Thank you!
#8, yes, in this age of fake news & lies. :)
Susie,
Thank you!
you should give it a go. :)
Rosemary,
Thank you!
each writer has his/her own talents, i guess. the type of found poetry you described is actually not that easy to do.
#8 & #17 came from printer proof sheets of the same novel, thus the style is the same. do you find it odd that the sheets were used to wrap groceries i bought?
have another go at blackout poetry. you may be surprised. :)
PS : have you read all the 19 blackout poems?
Robin,
haha, a case of 'the less the better'?
Fascinating process! Lovely results!
Thank you, magiceye! :)
This was cool to read!
Thank you, Jenna! :)
Such an original idea. Loved it. Thanks.
Greetings from London.
Thank you, Mario! :)
Beautiful blog
Thank you, Rajani! :)
I love this concept. #10 is awesome
Thank you, Jewish Young Professional !
Have you read the whole lot? :)
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