Back in 2013, I saw the exhibit Humament, by Tom Phillips, described as “ a series of collages based on A Human Document, the Victorian novel by W.H. Mallock. Phillips has altered the individual pages of the original book four times, each edition creating a new concrete text poem.”
Since then, I have wanted to try my hand at something similar, and blackout poetry seemed like a good place to start.
Here’s my first ever blackout poem, Dragons, keep out!
The text reads:
Dragons, keep out!
mosquito wings
eaten on hands
protests, cries, warning
Good-bye!
It was very relaxing to do, and I think I’ll be doing more of them. I have a whole book to play with!
