a voice so familiar

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on page 39 of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The background is predominantly drawn over in sheer yellow marker, with the text legible underneath. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered, emphasizing the words that form a new poetic message against the yellow background. Cutouts of vintage photographs have been pasted across the page.

By Mina Stevens

a voice so familiar, hushed,
never more reflections
prove reality of evil,
grief commences.

which all have felt,
the smile
deemed a sacrilege,

fortunate, remain

the house of mourning, the
thick of life. new to sorrow,

She forgot
to forget.