Read more about Newspaper Blackout Pre-order the book on Amazon.com

Cover of Newspaper blackout

Newspaper Blackout

Newspaper + Marker = Poetry.

Instead of starting with a blank page, poet Austin Kleon grabs a newspaper and a permanent marker and eliminates the words he doesn’t need.—NPR’s Morning Edition
Submit your own blackout poems. Follow Newspaper Blackout on Tumblr.

BLOG ARCHIVES

NEWSPAPER BLACKOUT POEMS

Newspaper + Marker = Poetry.

NEW 20×200 NEWSPAPER BLACKOUT PRINT: AGORAPHOBIA

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

Very pleased to announce that the gang at 20×200 are offering a new, affordable Newspaper Blackout print for sale!

Agoraphobia [ Buy now ]

space is a big place / a little too big sometimes / if you are young and at the beginning and have a long way to go

This is one of my very favorites. It looks really good BIG, so if you can scrape up the dough, I’d encourage you to buy one of the bigger sizes.

Detail:

space is a big place (detail)

I think it’d also make a perfect graduation present, if you have a young-un in your life…for that first apartment, etc.

Read what Sara @ 20×200 has to say about the print

Never bought from 20×200 before? Here’s an idea of what you’ll get when your print arrives.

And of course, if you don’t already own them, there are two other Newspaper Blackout prints still on sale at 20×200:

adrift and famous how it works

Buy now!

PRAYER

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

i pray for a long living room and a piano

pre-order the book for $10   |   buy prints for $20   |   become a fan for $0

ME AND DAD, BUILDING THE BARN

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

imagine the barn that came to mind / when I saw the plans of the architect / what is a vision / but a threat to dismantle a relationship

IN THE OLDSMOBILE

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

in the Oldsmobile / we shout and yell jokes / but after the third, fourth, and fifth gag / even we / are done with R bland lives

Become a fan of the poems on Facebook

Pre-order Newspaper Blackout for $10

SIZING UP

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

sizing-up

Pre-order the book for $10

Become a fan on Facebook

WHAT HAPPENS TO THE MARRIED

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

what happens to the married / we live in a buddy comedy / we fight, kiss, and then eat chinese takeout / there's a little acting / and we get lost / but i will take more

My wife and I were married three years ago today! She’s my muse, my editor, and my best friend.

Happy anniversary, Meg. I love you.

AT TIMES HEAVEN

Thursday, December 24th, 2009

you had me in between a rock and the back wall / the setting is all white / but at times / heaven feels driven by wires / rather than transcendence

Become a fan of the poems on Facebook

Pre-order Newspaper Blackout for $10

OFFBEAT

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

offbeat

Pre-order the book for $10

Become a fan on Facebook

THE CO-FOUNDER OF THE ARTIST

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

the co-founder of the artist is the house we grow up playing in

Become a fan of the poems on Facebook

Pre-order Newspaper Blackout

MATHEMATICAL

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

mathematical

Pre-order the book for $10

Become a fan on Facebook

Search the Newspaper Blackout Poem archives: