Block out poetry

I have long loved snipping words out of book pages to create book page poems like this: It's always fun to see what you can create. However, this time I decided to create poems by redacting a single book page. Much more challenging. Making these is like putting together a puzzle. It's a great brain teaser. Plus, it's a lovely way to stitch together a little fantasy story and get yourself in the right mindset to create some cool art. A creative warm-up of sorts. I think my favorite is the…

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I'm a huge advocate for integrating art and creativity into my lessons! Sadly, many of us are struggling to fit the creatives arts into our hectic schedules these days with the increase in budget cuts and axing of the arts from the curriculum. However, ar

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What is Blackout Poetry? Blackout Poetry is a literary trend that involves creating poems from excerpts of prose. Matt Kleon, a native of Austin, Texas, has played a role in reintroducing our...

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