NEWSPAPER BLACKOUT POEM ARCHIVES

Below is a list of the 200+ newspaper blackout poems that have been posted to this site since 2005.

See the Greatest Hits, 2006-2008

• February Horoscopes
  February 2nd, 2012
  

  “be the very first / be a bruise fixer / atone for past crimes / be touchy-feely / plot under the quilt / wake up naked / go way over the top / be early every now and then / let us know exactly what we’re in for / more! always clamor for more / the signs have been gathering still not convinced? / make a detour to a book and an easy chair “

• TIME Magazine Names Newspaper Blackout a Must-See Tumblr Blog
  January 30th, 2012
  

  Was very happy to find that TIME Magazine named Newspaper Blackout as one of “30 Must-See Tumblr Blogs.”

• So Many Places: 20×200 Newspaper Blackout Print from West Elm
  January 17th, 2012
  

  A new 20×200 print, “So Many Places,” is available at West Elm.

• Grab You: new 20×200 print
  January 17th, 2012
  

  A new blackout print from 20×200: “what is the most fun / is to grab you / and find something wrong to do”

• Newspaper Blackout in O: The Oprah Magazine
  January 12th, 2012
  

  Nice little piece on Newspaper Blackout in the February 2012 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine.

• January Horoscopes
  January 9th, 2012
  

  “encourage the unknown / give it a chance – this thing / appear remarkably unfazed by the acclaim / commence evil duties / invention is counterpoint / dance to the sounds of the orchestra warming up / walk straight into an elevator and be wonderful / push things as far as there seems to be / to dream of the thing let us not underestimate how important it is / knock the socks off this year / B steeped in the Times like any modern kid / try to look at every think”

• December Horoscopes
  December 1st, 2011
  

  “walk into a fight / be impossible / never listen to the psychology department / painstaking analysis should be resisted / cultivate rivals / never say such a thing out loud / where information is lacking guess / listen as a means of escape / don’t get bogged down in what used to be / aw heck / break away from the tyranny of good / don’t trust the tongue-in-cheek”

• New 20×200 Prints: “Open Road” and “How To Be Cool”
  November 15th, 2011
  

  Just in time for the holidays, here are two brand-new Newspaper Blackout prints.

• November Horoscopes
  November 1st, 2011
  

  “friendship is correspondence / on occasion be dragged into it / drill one hole after another until something starts seeping through / stare at a painting for an hour / think like a shipwreck / there is nothing to express at first / your hands have not been tied / never disown the events of life / make them wonder / be up to the job / never allow practice to be intimidated by theory / take heart and get on with it”

• OCTOBER HOROSCOPES
  October 1st, 2011
  

  “the best way to improve is to seek out the best competition / stop to say hello / shorter is longer / have a good cry / the truth is such a complicated technologie / watch out for rattlesnakes / go to a park and gawk / stay together and battle / do with less / bounce back / invent something / some lessons have a shelf life”

• SEPTEMBER HOROSCOPES
  September 1st, 2011
  

  “play house / to catch midnight plan to nap beforehand / make an appearance / jump the rails / take a trip / the fish reel it in / people watch / ask for trouble / what are you hoping to express if all you see is four walls? / don’t die simply disappear A while / eat a sandwich / learn how to work with other brains”

• AUGUST HOROSCOPES
  August 1st, 2011
  

  “cause mayhem / look the pros are struggling put an amateur in / don’t wait on the weather / when the flames die down teach them sense / who knows? / do without worrying / be of service / watch, marvel / go out and correct things / just be still / it is that time of year for the summer struggles / put the time in”

• I ASKED GOD AND HE SAID YES (IPAD BLACKOUTS)
  July 13th, 2011
  

  the skirt created a sense of higher stakes / the danger is that everyone will succumb to your charms / how the trees work / in this little town / I asked God and he said yes

• JULY HOROSCOPES
  July 4th, 2011
  

  why natural all the kinks? / seem out of touch when asked about you / start an observatory / be a foreigner, no history / not knowing is ok / store an angel on one side and a demon on the other / stay open / glance out the window / document the ruse / to pick up a signal cut off mobile service / angry with skills is how to work / disobey orders of everyone who works in TV

• NEW 20×200 PRINT: WHAT IS MARRIAGE?
  June 30th, 2011
  

  Marriage is two people in love / standing in the same bathroom.

• BLACKOUT POETRY WORKSHOPS AT THE DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART
  June 24th, 2011
  

  I had the pleasure of leading a couple of blackout poetry workshops at the Dallas Museum of Art last weekend.

• JUNE HOROSCOPES
  June 1st, 2011
  

  “you’re just an accident of timing / obtain a truck / read deeply / practice / question oldfangled techniques / you need to be able to dance / point out the beautiful / unhear it / decide who is staying and who is leaving / everyone needs to relax and calm down / defect / start now”

• “SO MUCH WORK” AND MORE IPAD BLACKOUTS
  May 23rd, 2011
  

  “why should i have all that i have /we fly in and out of a home / so much work / i need a midday visitor or a window in the laboratory / doomsday is a day that will end too / a stretch of nowhere”

• MAY HOROSCOPES
  May 1st, 2011
  

  “you will get to become a princess / a 10-minute walk is modern art / know what to copy / copy the curiosity / publicly misbehave / the sun is setting over your attention / weigh philosophy on the toilet / an anecdote is the perfect souvenir / make a go of it / the answer ha ha / why not? / the cure is breakfast”

• “SLEEP NAKED” AND OTHER IPAD BLACKOUTS
  April 21st, 2011
  

  For fun, I’ve been making blackouts on the iPad.