Monster Mash

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on a page of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The page is predominantly collaged over with brown, red, and gold images and clippings. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered, creating a new poetic message against the collaged background.

I begin / to love him

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on a page of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The original text is predominantly obscured with dark gray marker, and various torn images and magazine clippings have been pasted across the margins and the obscured parts of the text. Select words and phrases have been left visible and highlighted in peach, creating a new poetic message against the collaged background.

endeavoured to imitate her manners

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on a page of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The page is almost completely painted over in black, with select words and phrases left uncovered, creating a new poetic message against the dark background.

I / remove my eyes

This image shows a blackout poetry piece with a header reading "Justine", created on page 58 of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The background is predominantly drawn over in a blue swirly, crosshatched pattern. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered, creating a new poetic message against the patterned background.

Justine

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on a page with a header reading "9.12.2025". The page is predominantly painted over with a gradient of blue, peach, red, and gold marker. Various images have been collaged across the obscured parts of the text. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered, creating a new poetic message against the colorful background.

my father

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on page 160 of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The margins are collaged over with green and purple patterned paper and heart-shaped glitter gems. The original text is predominantly drawn over with pink, blue, and red marker. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered, creating a new poetic message against the colorful, patterned background.

“Your family is perfectly well,”

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on a page of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The margins are decorated with pink polka dot tape, creating a boarder around the text block. The original text is predominantly drawn over with red and purple marker. Select words and phrases have been left visible and outlined in blue, creating a new poetic message against the colorful background.

The account

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on a page of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The original text is predominantly painted over in white, with various images drawn and collaged over the margins and the obscured parts of the text. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered, creating a new poetic message against the white background.

bound by affection

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on page 162 of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The page is divided into three sections, one of which obscures he majority of the text in red marker, one which does the same in light blue marker, and one which obscures the majority of the section with black marker and a pale-blue portrait of a screaming woman. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered in all three sections, creating a new poetic message against the colorful background.

two eyes

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on page 18 of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The original text is mostly obscured with dark gray marker. Various green and brown collage clippings are pasted across the obscured parts of the text. The center of the page displays a collaged image of a back-view of a woman's anatomical system, with portions cut out to reveal words and phrases from the original text. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered by the gray marker markings as well, creating a new poetic message against the drawn-over and collaged background.

the spring

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on a page of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The page is almost completely obscured with black marker. Images of penguins and a shark are pasted across the obscured parts of the text. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered, creating a new poetic message against the inked-out background.

my heart failed within me

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on a page of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The original text is predominantly obscured with black marker. Various green images and clippings are pasted across the margins and the obscured parts of the text. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered, creating a new poetic message.

▶︎ PLAY

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on a page of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The original text is predominantly obscured with black marker. Various beige, black, and brown clippings are pasted across the margins and the obscured parts of the text. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered, creating a new poetic message.

misery

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on a page of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The original text is predominantly obscured with black marker. Various clippings and images are pasted across the margins and the obscured parts of the text. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered, creating a new poetic message.

physical / point of view

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on a page of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The original text is predominantly obscured with blue marker. Various clippings and images are pasted across the margins and the obscured parts of the text. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered and underlined in blue pen, creating a new poetic message.

I gasped for breath

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on a page of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The margins have been decorated with blue and white polka dot tape, creating a boarder around the text block. Images of purple flowers are pasted onto opposite corners of the page. The original text is predominantly obscured with teal marker. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered, creating a new poetic message against the blue background.

manners

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on page 14 of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The original text is predominantly obscured with black marker, with various clippings collaged over the obscured parts of the text, as well as the margins of the page. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered, creating a new poetic message.

I perused

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on page 49 of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The original text is predominantly obscured with black marker, with colorful drawings of plants and a skull drawn atop the obscured parts of the text. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered, creating a new poetic message against the drawn-over background.

the grave, or the living animal

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on a page of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The background is predominantly collaged over with a large piece of blue and orange paper and a collaged portrait of a bird. Two large holes have been cut out of the blue/orange paper, revealing portions of the original text. The majority of this text has been drawn over with crosshatched black marker, with select words and phrases left uncovered, creating a new poetic message against the collaged background.

a cheerful old man

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on page 81 of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The margins have been decorated with swirl patterns, drawn in beige marker, creating a boarder around the text block. The original text is predominantly drawn over in black marker. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered, creating a new poetic message.

mingled bitterness, and terror

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on a page of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The original text is predominantly obscured with black and purple marker. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered, creating a new poetic message. The margins of the page are collaged over with various patterns of black-and-white craft tape.

solemnity

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on page 116 of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The text is predominantly drawn over with lilac pastels. Various magazine clippings have been pasted across the obscured portions of the text. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered, creating a new poetic message against the colorful background.

I / Like Adam

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on a page of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. Green and purple construction paper has been collaged across the page, obscuring the majority of the text. A yellow construction paper sun decorates the top of the page. The remainder of the text is predominantly drawn over with black pen scribbles. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered, creating a new poetic message.

arouse a multitude

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on page 13 of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The background is predominantly painted/drawn over in black marker. The bottom right half of the page has been drawn over with a black pen portrait of a woman. Across from her is a collaged image of a purple flower. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered, creating a new poetic message against the altered background.

vivid.

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on a page of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The page has been left mostly uncovered, with various clippings collaged across the margins and text. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered by the collage and highlighted in orange, creating a new poetic message against the original text.

shores

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on page 111 of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The text is predominantly obscured with brown marker scribbles. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered, creating a new poetic message.

women were allowed to take

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on a page of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The text is predominantly drawn over with black marker, with visible brushstrokes. Various clippings have been collaged across the margins and obscured sections of the text. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered, creating a new poetic message against the drawn-over and collaged background.

drink deep of / my devotion

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on page 136 of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The background has been drawn over with multicolored markers, depicting abstract patterns as well as a large Takashi Murakami-style flower in the top right corner. Select words and phrases have been highlighted in pink, creating a new poetic message against the original text of the page.

upon me

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.

a voice so familiar

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on page 16 of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The background is predominantly painted/drawn over with various colored pencils, with visible pencil strokes. Glitter has been pasted across the page's margins, as well as some obscured parts of the text. Select words and phrases have been left legible, creating a new poetic message against the colorful background.

company of a man

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on page 65 of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The text is predominantly obscured with black marker, with visible brushstrokes. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered, creating a new poetic message.

I could not rest

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on a page with a header reading "g l o r i a". Below the header is a large collaged image of a pug. The background is predominantly drawn over in various shades of teal. Various blue images have been collaged across the obscured parts of the page. Select words and phrases have been left legible, creating a new poetic message against the drawn-over, collaged background.

gloria

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on a page of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The text is predominantly drawn over in coral marker. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered and circled in black pen, creating a new poetic message. Various images are collaged across the obscured parts of the text.

I / found that

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on page 136 of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The text is predominantly obscured by a large drawing of an owl in graphite pencil, black pen, and yellow colored pencil. Select words and phrases have been left legible, underlined in pen, and highlighted with yellow marker, creating and emphasizing a new poetic message against the drawn-over background.

before I allowed myself to

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on page 75 of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The text is predominantly drawn over in black marker. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered, creating a new poetic message.

one circumstance against me

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on page 167 of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The text is predominantly obscured with dark blue marker. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered, creating a new poetic message. Patterned tape has been pasted across the margins to create a boarder. Various images have been collaged across the obscured parts of the text, including a heart-shaped lock and an anatomical heart.

obey me in this request