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A page of poetry by Emily Dickinson. Green string is woven into the sides of the page. The poem is colored in with blue, orange, purple, and yellow crayon. On the left margin there is a wavy pattern and on the right margin there is a polka dot pattern. Various words in the poem are highlighted and underlined.

A page of poetry by Emily Dickinson covered by a marker painting of a sunset in purple, pink, orange, and yellow. The sun is in the center of the page. Only a few of the words on the page are not covered, creating a blackout poem.

A tree made out of polka dotted construction paper pasted onto a lighter brown piece of construction paper. A half circle of yellow, like a sun, is behind the tree. The tree is surrounded by cut-out parts of a poem by Emily Dickinson. The strips of poem at the bottom are colored in brown and placed next to a gravestone labelled "MDCCLXXXVI."

A blackout poem made from a page of poetry by Emily Dickinson. Words of the poems are covered in floral patterned washi tape. To the left of the page is a line drawing of a woman lying down.

A black-and-white drawing of a bird pasted onto an x-ray of a hand, as if holding it. Words from a page of Emily Dickinson's poetry are cut out and pasted onto the page to make a poem.

A blackout poem made from a page of poetry by Emily Dickinson. Most of the words are whited out and the remaining words are circled in black. Various flowers are drawn around the page. At the bottom is a black rocky hillside with a sign pointing to a "secret garden."

A blackout poem made from a page of poetry by Emily Dickinson. Most of the words are covered by artwork and the remaining words are circled in white. The background, drawn in colored pencil, has a dark blue starry sky, a swirl of green, and light blue water pouring out of a paper goblet pasted on the page. A humanlike figure made out of paper with a candle on their head is also on the page, as well as a brown pattern lining the bottom of the page with a paper flower on top of it.

A page of poetry by Emily Dickinson. Every vowel on the page is highlighted with a different pastel color: 'a' in purple, 'e' in blue, 'i' in green, 'o' in pink, 'u' in yellow, and 'y' in orange.

A blackout poem made from a page of poetry by Emily Dickinson. Words are crossed out in black and the remaining words are highlighted in pale rainbow colors. The page is decorated with stickers of a butterfly, mushroom, and flower as well as colorful line doodles of flowers, butterflies, hearts, and a house.

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