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A blackout poem made from a page of poetry by Emily Dickinson. Most of the poem is crossed out in black marker, with the remaining words forming a new poem. On the edges of the blacked out poem are black drawings of insects.

A blackout poem made from a page of poetry by Emily Dickinson. The page is completely covered except for a few words that remain, forming the poem. The page is colored in green, but down the center of the page is an area of black. In this section there are drawings of green star-shaped plants and birds running down the page. Drawings of purple, yellow, and pink flowers are pasted on the green section.

A blackout poem made from a page of poetry by Emily Dickinson. Lines of the poem are crossed out with red-violet marker, and the remaining words are boxed. The page is decorated with drawn lines and patterns. On the bottom left, a black-and-white vintage photo of a man and a woman is taped to the page.

A blackout poem made from a page of poetry by Emily Dickinson. The page is colored in in black marker, leaving only a few words remaining. On the top corners, torn golden floral-patterned paper is pasted. Tape with plants on it is on both of these sections. The top right corner has a sun made out of patterned yellow paper. On the bottom left corner, there is a black-and-white drawing of a car split into 3 sections. On the bottom right corner, art of a person with light skin and blue eyes staring forward is pasted. In the middle section where the poem is, simple gesture drawings of people are pasted, made to look like they are falling through the black.

A blackout poem made from a page of poetry by Emily Dickinson. Words in the poem are crossed out in black marker. The crossed out portions extend into wispy lines. On the left is a marker drawing of a bee.

A blackout poem made from a page of table of contents of Emily Dickinson's poetry. Most of the page is covered in black marker, with the remaining words creating a poem. Circles of color are drawn around the words. At the bottom is a torn page of Spanish handwriting and a line drawing of a face in an expressive style.

A blackout poem made from a page of poetry by Emily Dickinson. A dark blue patterned paper is pasted onto the middle of the page, with its center torn out to frame the poem. In this section, parts of the poem are crossed out in black. Yellow rhinestone stickers are placed onto the page. Doodles of stars and polka dots are in the corners.

The table of contents from a book of poetry by Emily Dickinson turned into a blackout poem. Each line is covered with polka dot washi tape on the left and rainbow mustache washi tape on the right, leaving only a few words remaining.

A blackout poem made from a page of poetry by Emily Dickinson. Words of the poem are crossed out in brown, and the remaining words are underlined using red string that is threaded through the page. Blue rhinestone stickers on the page mark the beginning and ending of lines of the poem. In the center, behind the poem, an anatomical heart is drawn in pencil and pink crayon. Pink transparent beads are threaded into the corners of the page. Strips of pink paper form a border around the poem.

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