Newspaper + Marker = Poetry. Buy the book.
Take a few minutes to watch this really fantastic video of the winners of the Oklahoman’s newspaper blackout poetry contest that I judged. They’re all fantastic, but when the winner, Rose Gorr, an 80-year-old grandmother of 33 (!) reads her poem it gives me chills! A round of applause to everybody: the poets, The Oklahoman, Tanner Herriott who shot the video, and especially Yvette Walker who co-ordinated the whole thing!
This is poem 25 out of 30 for International Newspaper Blackout Poetry Month.
SHOUT-OUT! goes to Icon Maico who blogged about the poems and then tried one of her own. Awesome!
This is poem 24 out of 30 for International Newspaper Blackout Poetry Month. (Six more poems left…good lord, is this month not over yet?)
SHOUT-OUT! goes to Liu Jia Yi Rebecca said, “if I had a Sharpie, I would.” No excuses! Use anything!
This is poem 23 out of 30 for International Newspaper Blackout Poetry Month.
SHOUT-OUT! goes to Kelly Anne for her love(x3)!
This is poem 22 out of 30 for International Newspaper Blackout Poetry Month. Only 8 left!
SHOUT-OUT! goes to Susie Wyshak, who posted a poem to the Newspaper Blackout Poems Flickr pool. Thanks, Susie!
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