In two separate posts on his website, the writer Austin Kleon presents his blackout poetry technique online. Kleon’s book, Newspaper Blackout, would be a fun and insightful read for anyone who wants to go deeper into the form.
In this concise and surprisingly cheery video, Kleon shows the steps in making a blackout poems. He uses most often articles cut from the Sunday New York Times in physical form.
In this catalog, Kleon introduces several of his finished blackout poems. As you read, notice how these are different from other blackout poems by Tracy K. Smith and others, who don’t show the blacked out space.
https://austinkleon.com/category/newspaper-blackout-poems/
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