Blackout Poetry · April 30, 2022

A blackout poem made from a page of Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman. Words are blacked out in white. Hearts are cut out on the side of the poem, and pink squiggles are drawn in the margins. The poem is mounted on brown paper with cut-outs.

By anonymous

branch out of my pocket,
pink and sage,
And never separate from me,
roots Interchange with each other,
And give love
I am capable of loving.
Not heaving rage
Not ill-supprest sighs,
Not oaths broken,
be nourishment of the air,
and pounding temples and wrists.
and a hungry wish