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How to Write Blackout Poetry
Have you heard of blackout poetry? Anyone can be a blackout poet, or an artist at reduction. In yoga teacher training, one of our teachers brought in a book by Austin Kleon called “Steal Like an Artist”. It’s a great book if you need to be inspired. He’s all about leveraging appropriation to find your voice. One of the methods Austin Kleon has come to be known for is blackout poetry. To write blackout poetry, find an old newspaper or book. Take a big black marker and use it to black out all of the words on the page except a select few that form a sentence or fragment or…