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WHY

This image shows a blackout poetry piece made on a page of an anthology of  T.S. Eliot poems. The poem is mostly painted over in black streaks, with select words and phrases left uncovered, forming a new poetic message.

By Joanne Corey

WHY

Why


know

more


whispering Ivy and Violet—


young
summer
butterfly
hushed


day


mother love

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