I have been seeing blackout poetry a lot and really like it. But hadn’t been able to try it yet. I found an old book to give it a try. But then it came down to trying, I couldn’t. The book I found was a copy of Ben Hur. I couldn’t deface it.

Up the street from where I work is a pocket library. I reached in, grabbed a random book, so here we go.
My first attempt at blackout poetry was trying to fit my written words onto the page.


I like it a lot. Here’s to trying. 🎉