Refuge

February142013

hopefully critiquing this bad boy tomorrow

September62012

Let Me Be the Evergreens for You

the color of summer
in so much snow

your warmth and
shelter in the winter

where birds can sing
the season spring

light my boughs on fire
burn me into something new

spread my ashes across the state
then let me be the grass for you

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August302012

In and Out

I fade in and out of you
like a state of consciousness
the brain and vision slipping
in and out of you

I am in and back out of you
before I know and don’t know it

You are in and out of your house
you walk in and out of the mall
with the trends you are
in and out of touch with your friends

You sway in and out with the trees
you crawl in and out of the leaves
like the squirrel you are
in and out of food for the fall

We wave in and out of the sea
we float in and out with the boats
in the harbor we are
in and out of the nets with the fish

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August282012

Hey guys, let’s have some fun. Take these three images (6 pages) and create a blackout poem from the Chipmunk Lesson 1 and submit it here at The Nature of Blacking Out! If you don’t have a printer/scanner/cell phone (to just snap a picture of it and put the text with the photo) then just work on it on your computer and type up what you come up with and still send it! Please don’t submit as anon if that’s a possibility. If enough people try this we can make a contest out of it and I’ll send you something relevant and cool fo’ freeee. So check it out and tell all your friends!

Every time I’m working on my blackout poetry, someone sees and asks me what I’m doing and what in the world is blackout poetry. My dad’s friend even grabbed my book and started crafting some one-liners from a chapter. It’s a good, fun way to get the creative juices flowing but it can also be challenging. Hopefully you’ll all take some time and try it out.

(These six pages are from John Craig’s Nature Study text book for 5th grade boys and girls published by McIndoo in 1921)

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August272012

Swift

(from the nature of blacking out)

I live in the hollow mouth
flying recklessly with the
burned wings of a chimney swift

I hatched in large numbers
each feather is
a bird in the morning
an insect in the evening
and a hole in the mouth
as the shape of a song

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August242012

thenatureofblackingout:

Nature Study - Lesson XIII

we are wild
in the night

wild when her
scent is detected

rave about his
rock-like gait

we run to the dark
home of animals
similar to us

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