How to create a blackout poem Betsy Potash Blackout poetry is really straightforward to experiment with. Students will probably be surprised by how quickly they can create poems. Here are the five easy steps I first learned from educator John DePasquale to walk through in creating your own ex...
Blackout poetry is also known as redacted poetry and erasure poetry. It is also regarded as a type of “found poetry.”
Wondering what blackout poetry is? Learn its history and how to make your own erasure poem in this post.
This is where yourword artistrycomes in. Start playing. for the cut-up method, you can clip out words or phrases that speak to you and start rearranging them until a thought or theme jumps out at you. Then keep adjusting your cut-up poem until it's capturing an idea you like. You c...
We know who is dying, how they are dying, and why they are dying. To stop the dying we need action; not from the few of us knee deep in this work, but from all the rest. It’s time for the fretful, the critics, and the naysayers to get out of the way and go suck an egg...
In contrast, the 6.8 SPC case is 42.8mm. While there is a difference in powder capacity between the two, it’s not significant. Whatisnotable is the difference in chamber pressure: 55,000 vs. 52,000 psi. Unlike the .300 AAC Blackout, the 6.8 and 6.5 require a different bolt than the...
poem"Beowulf,"mead is a focal point of happiness and celebration in the mead hall known as Heorot. We're told Heorot is a place where mead flowed freely before the beast Grendel laid siege to it for 12 years. There, Beowulf meets and defeats Grendel, after which mead is consumed in ...
And what Carver is forbidden to reveal? There’s more to this cover up that fortunately hasn’t escaped some astute observers’ eyes. On December 14 2012, the local NBC affiliate showed local police inspecting a “long gun” from the trunk of a black car that was parked outside of the...
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