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I knew Austin Kleon from his book Steal Like An Artist. And since I followed his blog, I already got interested on black-out poetry.
Maybe on my past years, I’ve been very creative, but suddenly I’m not. I honestly feel rusty on thinking of new ideas and stuff. Fortunately, I still read a lot. And reading is one of the things that’s keeping “artsy” self alive.
Today, I’m sharing you my first time making/doing a black-out poetry. Well, it’s basically creating a poem or a part of a poem out of an already-established article from newspapers or books. It seems easy, but it is honestly hard coming up to a different set of words. It’s really cool, though – finding the right words and blacking-out the not-so-needed ones.

Just a few tips from a first-timer to another:
- Grab a random page and challenge yourself.
- Or choose or pet specific words like “pain”, “hurt”, “love”, “life” to get yourself started.
- Every page counts. Remember the trees and how important they are. I prefer using old books that are already damaged, or old newspapers your dad already threw away. Your choice.
- Use a pencil to box your words first then create an idea out if them.
- Choose your markers wisely.


Matagal ko na rin gusto itry to! Hahaha
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Try mo lang! Mahirap sya, actually lol pero tingin ko sisiw for you 😂
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Hahahah grabe yung sisiw lang for me. Haha But will definitely try very soon. Hehehe you always remind me of things I’ve been planning to do. Thanks, Mai! :*
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Wow! This is nice! I’ll try this one out soon and will post it in my blog. Thanks for this bright idea, May 🙂
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Thanks, too, Apple! Will wait for yours. 😊😊😀
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I like how you remind us to consider the trees and Mother Earth 💛 black out poetry helped a lot during national poetry month too.
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What ?
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