Blackout poetry - 4A

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

BLACKOUT

POETRY

Have you ever heard of blackout poetry? What do you you think it is?

What is blackout poetry?

• Free poetry using existing text
• Cancel everything but the words of your poem
• It goes back 250 years! [Caleb Whiteford]

It can be extremely simple...

Or you can turn it into a work of art!

INSTRUCTIONS:

• start with circling the words you may want to use
• once you have made your selection you can black out the rest

EXTRA CHALLENGE no.1:

Make it artsy, add figures and drawings galore!

EXTRA CHALLENGE no.2:

Try to make it formal!

(you know the rules)

Submit your creations here (fully anonymous)
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