[writeclub] Blackout Poetry

I came across a great video by Austen Kleon about some techniques that he uses to keep the creativity juices flowing and in amongst his ideas was "blackout poetry".

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Students need to go through the text and outline any words that jump out at them. The after working through the story or poem in their mind they need to blacken out the rest of the text. If you have some paint markers, they are good for blackening out text. But don't be limited to black, use different colours to evoke feelings in the poetry.

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So I photocopied some pages from some famous books off the shelf and had a go at creating some blackout poetry. This gets around the idea of ruining a book and the bond paper seems to be better at taking black markers.

Further links

• 5 Tips for creating blackout poetry
  https://www.powerpoetry.org/actions/5-tips-creating-blackout-poetry
• Blackout poetry ideas with coloured markers
  http://www.startsateight.com/blackout-poetry/