This is poem 3 out of 30 celebrating April as National Poetry Month (Inter)national Newspaper Blackout Poetry Month! (And appropriate for a Friday night, I think…)
TODAY’S SHOUT-OUT! goes to Carlos Rucker, who said this about the poems on his blog yesterday: “Suddenly, poetry is BOSS again. I think I found a new hobby.” Rock on, Carlos!
Cut from the book.
Another cut from the book.
Walter Isaacson has written a front-page article for Time Magazine entitled “How To Save Your Newspaper.” The Oklahoman is taking their own approach to getting you to buy that Sunday paper:
Think a newspaper is good only for reading, recycling or wrapping dead fish?
Think again. Think … poetry.
Newspaper Blackout Poetry is the creation of poet Austin Kleon and only requires three things: a newspaper, a black marker and your creativity. We know you’ve got it, Oklahoma, and we’re willing to put our money where our mouth is.
Grab a copy of this Sunday’s The Oklahoman at CVS and other locations and pick any story from that paper. Take a marker and black out lines from the story, leaving only the words you want to remain visible. Those words become your poetry.
Your poem can rhyme, or not. It can be a haiku. It could be a limerick (keep it clean), it could be free-form. Kleon will help us pick the winner.
Problem solved!
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