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How to Make a Blackout Poem

Blackout poetry is a form of "found" poetry that allows the poet to use someone else's words to write a poem. Using a photocopied page from “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God ,” you are going to write a poem inspired by this text.

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How to Make a Blackout Poem

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  1. Blackout poetry is a form of "found" poetry that allows the poet to use someone else's words to write a poem.

  2. Using a photocopied page from “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” you are going to write a poem inspired by this text. Your poem should reflect a theme, motif, or message of Edwards’ text.

  3. How to Make a Blackout Poem

  4. Step #1

  5. Step #2

  6. Step #3

  7. Tips Be creative! Have fun with it!

  8. Even better: *You can use color and design, too! *Example >

  9. Use color and design to suit your poem’s images and/or theme.

  10. Create a black-out poem as a response to “Sinners…” • Capture ideas that reflect a theme of the text. • Be creative! (Perhaps you can use a flame design for blocking out?)

  11. Step 1: Use pencil to underline words you might want to use (should read left-right, top-bottom) Step 2: Next, circle words that you definitely want to use (approx 8-20) Step 3: Use a marker to block out all of the other words

  12. Step 4: Make your Blackout Poem visually appealing, as they will be displayed in the classroom. Step 5: Give your poem a title. Due by Monday.

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