NEWSPAPER BLACKOUT POEMS

GOLD ONLY IF YOU NAME IT

Saturday, January 10th, 2009 | Permalink

only if you name it

This one didn’t make it into the book.

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5 Comments on “GOLD ONLY IF YOU NAME IT”

  1. Bonnie Says:
    January 10th, 2009 at 1:14 pm

    so I have a fabulous idea for what to do with some of these that are short “one-liner” kinds of deals:

    blackout fortunes!

    you should print them in little pieces of paper and role them up and bake them in cookies for a party or something!

    that would be rad.

  2. Austin Kleon Says:
    January 10th, 2009 at 1:16 pm

    That is a FANTASTIC idea, Bonnie! :-D And my wife is one heck of a baker, so we could make it happen…

  3. Bonnie Says:
    January 10th, 2009 at 2:00 pm

    YAY!

  4. Laura klink Says:
    January 12th, 2009 at 4:07 pm

    So, no ‘It’s the th0ught that counts.’ for this one?
    Nice one, tho, very soothing, gentle, and precise.
    You do make your ideas and thoughts count, and ‘we’ thank you.

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    September 15th, 2009 at 7:33 am

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