NEWSPAPER BLACKOUT POEMS

HISTORY DITCH

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009 | Permalink

shed the minutes until we get out of this history ditch

This is poem 7 out of 30 celebrating April as National Poetry Month (Inter)national Newspaper Blackout Poetry Month!

TODAY’S SHOUT-OUT! goes to Elle Kay—she saw me on Texas Country Reporter and remembered seeing me making blackout poems on the UT Campus bus. Thanks, Elle!

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2 Comments on “HISTORY DITCH”

  1. Elle Kay Says:
    April 8th, 2009 at 4:00 pm

    yep, it has taken me until now to figure out why I was getting a whopping 12 visitors to my blog instead of the usual three (two of which include immediate family members).

    Thanks for the wonderful shout-out!

    Also, question- what newspapers do you prefer for the blacking out? I’m guessing the Wall Street Journal isn’t up there. I was always a fan of the Austin Chronicle’s Shot in the Dark section. I can imagine there’d be some juicy words to choose from.

  2. Austin Kleon Says:
    April 8th, 2009 at 4:10 pm

    Officially: whatever’s lying around.

    Un-officially: The Lady Grey The Gray Lady. (Although I like to DRINK Lady Grey…)