Emily Dashes

A page of poetry by Emily Dickinson. Words are written across the page in big letters. The words on the top half are traced in color.

A blackout poem made from a page of poetry by Emily Dickinson. Aside from a few words, the page is covered by a liquid marker drawing of brightly colored planets and white stars in space.

A blackout poem made from a page of poetry by Emily Dickinson. Portions of the text are crossed out with red-violet marker. On the left margin is a simple drawing of a faceless pregnant person in a dress. A tall flower blooms out of their stomach, reaching the top of the poem.

A blackout poem made from a page of poetry by Emily Dickinson. The page is scribbled over with dark green pen, except for the words forming the blackout poem, which are circled. Several items are collaged onto the page: a Tootsie Roll wrapper, a Gildan t-shirt tag, a yellow TrainVintage clothing tag, a picture of a harp, a plaid red strip of paper, a red maple leaf, a bobby pin, and a faded black-and-white vintage photo of a man and a woman on a bike. The entire page is covered in clear plastic wrap.

A blackout poem made from a page of poetry by Emily Dickinson. Portions of the poem are crossed out with black marker.

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A blackout poem made from a page of poetry by Emily Dickinson. Portions of the poem are crossed out in rainbow colors that alternate line by line. The remaining words are circled.

What if I wade in liberty?

A blackout poem made from a page of poetry by Emily Dickinson. The page is colored in with black marker, leaving only some words remaining. White ink is drawn around these words to make it look like they're torn out of the page. The words on the page are handwritten in white in a different order on a grid in the center left. Next to them, in the middle, is illegible scribbles of handwriting. In the bottom left are drawings of chemical structures. A drawing of a cartoon zebra is pasted sideways on the page. A strip of a black-and-white photo of a person with a devil face drawn on them in red is also pasted on the page. In the top right is a drawing of an eye within colored squares that looks like it is crying lightning.

To prove particle exist

A blackout poem made from a page of poetry by Emily Dickinson. Most of the poem is crossed out in black marker and some portions are covered in tan, pale red, and black gridded washi tape. Leaf-patterned tan washi tape is on the bottom and top of the page. The remaining words are boxed in in gold marker.

A blackout poem made from a page of poetry by Emily Dickinson. Most of the poem is crossed out in black marker, with the remaining words forming a new poem. On the edges of the blacked out poem are black drawings of insects.

When roses bloom

A blackout poem made from a page of poetry by Emily Dickinson. Most of the poem is crossed out in black marker, with the remaining words forming a new poem. On the edges of the blacked out poem are black drawings of insects.

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A blackout poem made from a page of poetry by Emily Dickinson. The page is completely covered except for a few words that remain, forming the poem. The page is colored in green, but down the center of the page is an area of black. In this section there are drawings of green star-shaped plants and birds running down the page. Drawings of purple, yellow, and pink flowers are pasted on the green section.

I former wore the other kind

A blackout poem made from a page of poetry by Emily Dickinson. Lines of the poem are crossed out with red-violet marker, and the remaining words are boxed. The page is decorated with drawn lines and patterns. On the bottom left, a black-and-white vintage photo of a man and a woman is taped to the page.

this noon so close

A blackout poem made from a page of poetry by Emily Dickinson. The page is colored in in black marker, leaving only a few words remaining. On the top corners, torn golden floral-patterned paper is pasted. Tape with plants on it is on both of these sections. The top right corner has a sun made out of patterned yellow paper. On the bottom left corner, there is a black-and-white drawing of a car split into 3 sections. On the bottom right corner, art of a person with light skin and blue eyes staring forward is pasted. In the middle section where the poem is, simple gesture drawings of people are pasted, made to look like they are falling through the black.

Lost world?

A blackout poem made from a page of poetry by Emily Dickinson. Words in the poem are crossed out in black marker. The crossed out portions extend into wispy lines. On the left is a marker drawing of a bee.

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A blackout poem made from a page of table of contents of Emily Dickinson's poetry. Most of the page is covered in black marker, with the remaining words creating a poem. Circles of color are drawn around the words. At the bottom is a torn page of Spanish handwriting and a line drawing of a face in an expressive style.

To year

A blackout poem made from a page of poetry by Emily Dickinson. A dark blue patterned paper is pasted onto the middle of the page, with its center torn out to frame the poem. In this section, parts of the poem are crossed out in black. Yellow rhinestone stickers are placed onto the page. Doodles of stars and polka dots are in the corners.

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The table of contents from a book of poetry by Emily Dickinson turned into a blackout poem. Each line is covered with polka dot washi tape on the left and rainbow mustache washi tape on the right, leaving only a few words remaining.

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A blackout poem made from a page of poetry by Emily Dickinson. Words of the poem are crossed out in brown, and the remaining words are underlined using red string that is threaded through the page. Blue rhinestone stickers on the page mark the beginning and ending of lines of the poem. In the center, behind the poem, an anatomical heart is drawn in pencil and pink crayon. Pink transparent beads are threaded into the corners of the page. Strips of pink paper form a border around the poem.

Empty artery, leave out the sea

A page of poetry by Emily Dickinson. Green string is woven into the sides of the page. The poem is colored in with blue, orange, purple, and yellow crayon. On the left margin there is a wavy pattern and on the right margin there is a polka dot pattern. Various words in the poem are highlighted and underlined.

I felt apology were due

A page of poetry by Emily Dickinson covered by a marker painting of a sunset in purple, pink, orange, and yellow. The sun is in the center of the page. Only a few of the words on the page are not covered, creating a blackout poem.

I live

A tree made out of polka dotted construction paper pasted onto a lighter brown piece of construction paper. A half circle of yellow, like a sun, is behind the tree. The tree is surrounded by cut-out parts of a poem by Emily Dickinson. The strips of poem at the bottom are colored in brown and placed next to a gravestone labelled "MDCCLXXXVI."

Not pursued by learned angelsIn scholastic skies!

A blackout poem made from a page of poetry by Emily Dickinson. Words of the poems are covered in floral patterned washi tape. To the left of the page is a line drawing of a woman lying down.

To be alive is power

A black-and-white drawing of a bird pasted onto an x-ray of a hand, as if holding it. Words from a page of Emily Dickinson's poetry are cut out and pasted onto the page to make a poem.

periphrasis

A blackout poem made from a page of poetry by Emily Dickinson. Most of the words are whited out and the remaining words are circled in black. Various flowers are drawn around the page. At the bottom is a black rocky hillside with a sign pointing to a "secret garden."

A flower expected everywhere

A blackout poem made from a page of poetry by Emily Dickinson. Most of the words are covered by artwork and the remaining words are circled in white. The background, drawn in colored pencil, has a dark blue starry sky, a swirl of green, and light blue water pouring out of a paper goblet pasted on the page. A humanlike figure made out of paper with a candle on their head is also on the page, as well as a brown pattern lining the bottom of the page with a paper flower on top of it.

an emerald ghost

A page of poetry by Emily Dickinson. Every vowel on the page is highlighted with a different pastel color: 'a' in purple, 'e' in blue, 'i' in green, 'o' in pink, 'u' in yellow, and 'y' in orange.

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A blackout poem made from a page of poetry by Emily Dickinson. Words are crossed out in black and the remaining words are highlighted in pale rainbow colors. The page is decorated with stickers of a butterfly, mushroom, and flower as well as colorful line doodles of flowers, butterflies, hearts, and a house.

Shimmering grace never rest

A page of poetry by Emily Dickinson overlaid with a collage. A pink paper covers the whole page, with holes torn out to reveal some words of the poem. Other collaged materials include a patterned heart, a line drawing of a nude woman, a cartoon fairy in blue, line drawings of strawberries, art of a raspberry plant, and art of a winged woman holding a crown.

little heart

A page of poetry by Emily Dickinson. It is fully covered by a collage of photos, with a few holes cut out so that the visible words create a new poem. Four photos of people are overlaid on top of the main image of an interior with a railing.

Angels fail this life

A page of poetry by Emily Dickinson made into blackout poetry. Some words are whited out and the remaining words are circled in reddish pink. The same color frames the border. Around the poem are a drawing of the sun, a star cut out of patterned paper, and two black-and-white photographs of women.

I rebelled with God

A page of poetry by Emily Dickinson with text blacked out to form a blackout poem. At the top "THE BOY" is handwritten. On the left and right margins are black-and-white photos of a young boy.

The boy

A page of Emily Dickinson's poetry. Most of the words are blacked out with black marker. The page is decorated with tape patterned with flowers on the left and yellow, grey, and black tape on the right. The creator signed their name on the bottom.

speech, silent overtake the mind

A page of poetry by Emily Dickinson. Some words of the poem are blacked out in marker. Nametag stickers are placed onto the page, with the name scribbled out and replaced with the word "text." The poem's title is handwritten at the top.

A Punctual October

A page of poetry by Emily Dickinson. Most words are blacked out in black marker to create a poem with the remaining words.

Some Days retired

A page of poetry by Emily Dickinson. A rectangle of black marker blocks out most of the poem. Some words remain visible, circled in white.

thought

An Emily Dickinson poem pasted onto diamond-shaped patterned green paper. Parts of the poem are crossed out in black marker.

I shall not wait