Blackout Poetry Workshop

Join librarian and poet Sam Jack for an evening of blackout poetry creation. Also known as erasure poetry, blackout poetry takes pre-existing texts, such as newspaper articles, and uses them to create poems by highlighting chosen words and phrases. Surrounding words and phrases are then "blacked out," creating results that can be both linguistically and visually striking.

In this workshop, we'll read some blackout poems for inspiration, then make our own blackout poems/collages using newsprint, permanent markers, highlighters, scissors, construction paper and gluesticks. All supplies will be provided, but you can bring your own newspapers, magazines or other texts to "black out" or collage if you would like.

This event is part of Adult Summer Reading Program. High-schoolers are also invited to participate. Registration is required and will open on May 19 at 8 a.m. Click here to sign up: https://newtonplks.libcal.com/event/14139436

(The blackout poem featured on this page is by Austin Kleon and is used under a CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 license. Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/deathtogutenberg/9484999381/in/album-72157594575556771. Full license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en)

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