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Black-Out Poem
from the book of Revelation
What I’m reading
As I focus more on writing my poetry, I’m devouring poems by the great writers past and present. I’m currently reading:
Eye of the Beholder by Luci Shaw
Conspiracy of Light by D. S. Martin
Bronte Sisters Poetry by Amazon
(I’m an affiliate of Amazon so the titles contain links. I receive a small fee if you click or purchase from them).
An exercise in creativity
This week I also added The Steal Like an Artist Journal by Austin Kleon to my list. He’s a creative writer and artist who encourages others of various mediums to delve into their own untapped ideas and unique brilliance.
Each page is an exercise to stretch the grey matter to its limits of reality and see things through a different lens. One such exercise is the ‘Black-Out’ approach to writing poetry. An exercise I’ve found most enlightening. I wanted to share my ‘stolen’ discovery with you.
Here’s what he asks of the reader on this particular page:
“Black out one word at a time until you are left with a poem.” — Austin Kleon
