Tag: blackout

You
stand in the fading light,
waiting for the sunset.

The clock ticks by

passing minutes,

The sun disappears beyond the horizon,
luminosity shifts dusk to twilight.
you are restless waiting,

when it happens…

small lights begin to flicker,
fireflies.

you gasp
with glee at the sight.

-Pen Connor 2015

 

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POETIC FORM: An Erasure Poem

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PROMPT:

To earn the “Click Trick” badge, start by gaining access to Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Acrobat. Free 30-day trials of both software programs can be downloaded at adobe.com/downloads. You’ll also need a digital copy of your source text in an image or PDF format.

If you are using Adobe Photoshop: Open your source text in Photoshop — when you do so, it automatically opens the image in its own layer. Add a new layer on top of your source text. Select the brush tool and choose a color swatch of your choice. You can use the eyedropper tool to select the color of your page background (for a true erasure look), or select another color of your choice. Paint over your source text, obscuring lines until only the words of your erasure poem remain.  For a video tutorial, watch Jenni B. Baker’s 8-minute demonstration of how she creates erasure poems for her Erasing Infinite project. Save your completed work as an image file (JPG or PNG preferred) and upload it to the site.

If you are using Adobe Acrobat: Open your source PDF text in Acrobat. Navigate to the “Tools” then “Protection” Toolbar. Click “Mark for Redaction” and then drag your cursor over the sections of the text you wish to remove. Click “Apply Redaction” to remove that section permanently. By default, Adobe places a black bar over any redacted text; however, you can change this color (to white, for instance) under “Redaction Properties.” For a video tutorial, watch How Tech.Office’s demonstration, “How to Redact in Adobe Acrobat.”

Save your completed work as either an image file (JPG or PNG) or a PDF, and upload it to the site. Regardless of which format you choose, be sure to cite your source text at the bottom of your post.

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PoMoSco (Poetry Month Scouts)
Found Poetry Review’s 2015 National Poetry Month Project

– April 2015 – 213 poets joined together as a troop to earn digital merit badges for completing experimental and found poetry prompts.
– Prompts are divided into five categories – remixing, erasure, out and about, conceptual and chance operation.
– Each category offers six distinct badges to be earned.
– Poets choose their own source text.
– For more information, check out pomosco.com.

A dear friend and fabulous poet, Von Thompson, is a participant. When she told me about the challenge, I decided to play along at home.

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SOURCE TEXT: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, page 4