A blackout poem made from a page of Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman. Words are "blacked out" by squiggles in pen, and cut-out cursive text containing lyrics from "Once in a Lifetime" by the Talking Heads is attached to the right side of the page, combining with the text on the paper.

A blackout poem made from a page of Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman. The page is covered with an image of some kind of large box deep underwater, either being raised or lowered. There are scuba divers approaching it. Spaces are cut out for the words of the poem, and designs are painted on it in light purple.

A blackout poem made from a page of Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman. The lines are blacked out in brown marker and yellow and orange flowers are scattered across the page — some are drawn, some are glued on. A sign to the right side of the page says "Free Poems". There is a pink paper crane on the bottom left corner of the page.

A blackout poem made from a page of Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman. There is a brown drawing of a ribbon across the top of the page, and three brown vertical lines on either side of the page. AT the bottom is an illustration of a lion in front of several banners. The lion is perched on top of a sign.

A blackout poem made from a page of Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman. A rectangle of multicolored paper covers the poem on the page, and spaces are cut in it for the words to show through.

A blackout poem made from a page of Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman. The page is covered in a wash of light gray watercolor paint, with some words unpainted.

A blackout poem made from a page of Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman. Most of the words on the page are covered by a large spiraling circle drawn in pen. It looks like a black hole.

A blackout poem made from a page of Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman. Lines are blacked out with black marker, and a cutout image is glued to the right side, featuring a series of black lines on a white background.

A piece of art made from a page of Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman. In the center of the page is a human face, drawn in pencil. A hand reaches down towards the face from the top left corner.