Blackout poetry, or erasure poetry, is a form of found poetry or found object art created by erasing words from an existing prose or verse text and framing what remains on the page as a poem. The results can be left in place on the original page or rearranged into lines or stanzas.
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Defining TraitCreated by erasing words from an existing text and framing what remains as a poem 1 Sources
1. Wikipedia: Blackout poetry
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created by erasing words from an existing text in prose or verse and framing the result on the page as a poem
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