the moon
was keeping time
with the sun
night
switched
pink to silver white
then orange
shinning all over
day
A note on form: Blackout poetry...Erasure poetry...Redacted poetry...by whatever name you wish to call it.... The above construction is formed by taking an already existing piece of work (whether from a book or newspaper or any other written entity) and removing words until you are left with something that hopefully makes sense.
About this series: My goal is to challenge myself to unearth some semblance of sense through the use of blackout/erasure poetry.
Attribution: Blackout Poetry unearthed from a page in Lee Smith’s novel, Oral History.
5 comments:
ha. i like your use of colors on the actual page...like the use of color in the words too...sounds like a lovely morning coming on...
so what are you taking your pages from?
#1 – #3 are from a novel called The Poison Tree and #4 – #6 are from a novel called Oral History.
The beautiful transition from night to day!
Lovely--this form is addicting, almost like a scavenger hunt, looking for golden phrases or words. You're pretty good at it! I think this is the best one yet.
The breaking of dawn said in the fewest of words.. I like blackout poetry.. I have to try it someday...
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