Blackout Poetry · May 7, 2022

A blackout poem made from a page of Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman. Words of the poem are crossed out in black. A black and white photo of a man in a suit is pasted on the right. At the bottom, tape is made to look like a hearth and fire is drawn coming from it.

By Redina Lleshaj @redlikemars

Of Life immense in passion, pulse, and power,
The Modern Man I sing.
AS I PONDER’D IN SILENCE
As I ponder’d in silence,
Returning upon my poems, considering, lingering long,
A Phantom arose before me
Terrible in beauty, age, and power,
And that is the theme of War, the fortune of battles,
The making of perfect soldiers.