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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.

A blackout poem made from a page of Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman. Words of the poem are whited out and the remaining words are outlined in black boxes.

A blackout poem created from a page of Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman. Words of the poem are whited out and the remaining words are circled in black. The background is colored in stripes of purple, blue, and teal.

A blackout poem made from a page of Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman. Words are blacked out in black and gold marker. The background is lightly colored in red.

A blackout poem made from a page of Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman. The page is covered by textured brown paper made to look like soil, with holes cut in to reveal the remaining words. On the bottom right corner is a cut-out picture of grass and butterflies pasted on top.

A blackout poem from a page of Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman. Words are blacked out with black marker. Stickers of vibrant flowers, as well as black-and-white photos of a bird, a bird's skeleton, and a fish with many teeth, are pasted on the page. The background is colored purple.

A blackout poem made from a page of Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman. On the right of the page is a pasted black-and-white photo of a couple lying down on a beach. Black tape, a black shape, and a cut-out black heart outline are pasted on the page.

A blackout poem made from a page of Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman. Words of the poem are blacked out by black marker. The remaining words are circled in blue, except for the last line, where the words are circled in red.

A page from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman. Over the poem is a rough pencil sketch of the head and neck of a person with short curly hair.

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