AGORAPHOBIA
Thursday, April 24th, 2008
fear of open spaces: agoraphobia
fear of the influence of the stars: astrophobia
fear of outer space: spacephobia (this one unconfirmed by the OED)
NEWSPAPER BLACKOUT POEMS
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April 25th, 2008 at 7:07 am
I like how you’re mixing it up on how you blackout the poems. There’s a painterly quality to the blacks on this one.
April 25th, 2008 at 9:21 am
Thanks, Grant!
April 25th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
Wow. Trippy. I am working my way through your archives. This is great stuff. I saw something on a similar theme using books at the Galway (Ireland) Arts Festival several years ago. Any chance that was you?
April 25th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Nope! Never been to Ireland…though I would like to…
Probably was Tom Phillips.
May 18th, 2008 at 9:42 am
brilliant!
February 23rd, 2009 at 12:45 pm
I like how you came up with the black out newspaper poems. I sometimes catch myself blacking out articles but they don’t really read as a poem.
January 28th, 2010 at 8:47 pm
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