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This image shows a blackout poetry piece with a header that says "THE CATHEDRAL" and page 213. Many words and lines are crossed out with a purple marker. The uncovered lines reveal a poetic message. At the bottom of the page, there is a line of thick, black tape with blue and yellow flowers on it.

THE CATHEDRAL

This image shows a blackout poetry page with a header that says "THE COCKTAIL PARTY" and a page number of 345. Most of the words on the page are covered with black marker, letting the remaining words reveal a poetic message. On the top right side of the page, there is a cut out and pasted image of a brownish, grayish pigeon. Beneath the pigeon, there is a cut out and pasted image of a black and white man, dressed in a suit and pageboy hat. On the top left side of the page, there is a sticker of a leafy, green sprig. On the bottom left of the page, there is a cut out and pasted image of three, drawn gears. On the bottom right side of the page, there is a sticker of a whale and a baby whale in an underwater scene. The bottom of the sticker says "THE WHALE."

come straight in

This image shows a blackout poetry piece with the header "THE FAMILY REUNION" and a page number of 293. Some words and lines are crossed out with a black marker. The uncovered words and lines reveal a poetic message.

This way

This image shows a blackout poetry piece with a header that shows it is a T.S. Eliot work. The page is covered in washi tape, placed in all different directions. The designs of the washi tape include a galaxy design, a design with pink diamonds and purple and green stripes, a design with green stripes and a black stripe with squares in middle, a gold and black triangular design, and a gold and black abstract circular shape design. The tape is positioned in a way that covers most of the words, except for a few. These remaining words reveal a poetic message.

sleep forces dawn

This image shows a blackout poetry page in which the bottom half of the page has been ripped off, leaving a jagged edge. The header indicates it is page 368 of a T.S. Eliot work. Some words on the page are drawn over with black marker, leaving the uncovered ones to reveal a poetic message. The top block of the text is encased in lines shaping it to an oval. The bottom block of text is encased in lines shaping it to a square. On the left side of the page, there are two doodles of human figures. On the right side, there is another doodle of a human figure.

you simply do not understand innocence

This image shows a blackout poetry piece with a header that says "FOUR QUARTETS" and a page number of 121. The words are mostly uncovered, expect for the ones that are circled in black marker, which, when read exclusively, reveal a poetic message. The circles are connected to each other by black lines that are drawn from one to another.

of spirit

This image shows a blackout poetry piece where most of the page has been colored in black marker. The parts that are not colored in are words that reveal a poetic message. The page has a border of black washi tape with a design of gold mountains on it.

Fire torch

The image shows a blackout poetry piece which has been covered with white parchment paper and holes cut out to reveal certain words, and altogether, a poetic message. The words are also circled in black marker. The page is bordered with washi tape that has a white grid design. On the top right and bottom left corner of the page there are some newspaper clippings. The former one is just words, but the latter one is words and a drawing of an "AMERICAN BUGGY" as it says beneath the drawing.

Wearily

This is a blackout poetry piece on a page with a header that says "Poems 1920," and a footer that indicates it is page 21 of the work. There is a border of washi tape on the page. The tape is green and black, and features triangular shapes like hills, with small doodles of flowers and leaves between the triangular shapes. There are straight black lines that go over words on the page, with the remaining words revealing a poetic message.

GERONTION

This image shows a blackout poetry piece on a page that has been cut to have a strange shape with jagged edges. The header indicates it is page 49 of the work. The words on the page are filled in with white paint, and the shape of the block of text is outlined in black, scribbly marker. On the upper left side, there is gray paper pasted to the page, with floral washi bordering it. One one side of the gray paper, there is a cut out and pasted image of a woman laying back with her legs crossed. The washi tape goes over her eyes. One the other side of the gray paper, there is a cut out and pasted image of a female child. Next to and below these images, there is thicker, black tape with yellow and blue flowers on it. Beneath this tape, there is an X-shape made with the previous washi tape, and a square image of vintage cassette tapes on top of the X. Underneath this image, and underneath the X, there is another square peaking out, which resembles a stamp and says "AOLDEN AGE" in a banner at the top. The rest of this stamp image is not visible.

One unexpected fling away

This image shows a blackout poetry piece with a header indicating it is page 234 of a T.S. Eliot work. Most of the words on the page are crossed out in straight black lines, with certain words remaining and with a square drawn around them. These words reveal a new poetic message. The squared words have many circles of blue, purple, and pink drawn around each of them. These circles connect and bump into each other, creating a multi-colored, bumpy shape on the page. On the bottom left of the page, there is a old black and white photograph that has been cut and pasted to feature only a woman in a sophisticated dress with gloves and a purse, holding hands with a female child who is also wearing a formal dress. There are black lines that have been drawn across both of their eyes.

invent my absence

The image shows a blackout poetry page, with black marker crossing out most of the text, and the remaining text revealing a poetic message. In the midst of the crossing out, interrupting it, there are images towards the top and middle of the right side. In the top right middle, there is a slightly open mouth, with red lipstick and white teeth, featuring a cut out in the middle where the word "traces" appears. On the top right side, there is a topless torso, featuring a cut out right beneath the chest, where the phrase "her body" appears. Below the mouth, there is a black silouette of two people on top of one another, kissing, in red light. There is a cut out towards the bottom half of both people, where the phrase "the plague" appears. To the right side of the people, there is the naked bottom half of a human figure, with a hole cut out where the torso and the thighs meet, where the word "feeble" appears. Beneath this, there is the upper half of a topless woman with long, straight, black hair held to the side with golden rings, who is holding a yellow heart-shape to her chest.

THE COCK PARTY

The image shows a blackout poetry piece that has been almost completely colored in with a black marker, except for some words and the bottom quarter of the page. The words reveal a new poetic message on the page. On the blank bottom quarter, a line from another source has been cut out and pasted. On the bottom left side, right where the line between black marker and blank page meet, is a pasted cut out of a white, pedestal serving tray with red grapes or gooseberries piled on top of it. On the middle right side, there is a pasted cut out of a human figure cast in red light, making an expression of pain. Beneath this human, there is a pasted cut out of a cantaloupe, with a big slice missing, showing the orange and seedy inside. This cantaloupe is resting on a bed of leaves and a flat serving tray.

You’ll be my stone

The image shows a blackout poetry piece with a header that signifies it is page 278 of a T.S. Eliot work. A black marker has crossed out many of the words, revealing a new message amongst all of the marks.

Flattered in sleep

An graphic pop art image of a sun setting into the sea with decorative clouds and text reading Erased Land

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