Blackout Poems

I came across a great way to write poetry. It's simple, all you need is a bunch of written words (i.e. a newspaper, magazine or old book) a Sharpie, and some creative thinking! Below is a before and after of one of my first 'blackout' poems:

KATYA

while in college I had the time to 

realize a great love for the world

It is a puzzle in figuring out how to twist the given words into something totally different. I sometimes felt confined by not having free reign in word choice, yet that's where creativity came into (word) play. These poems are more or less force into minimalism, which I enjoyed. Here are some more poems I 'wrote':

WILLIAM WALLET

money for travel

a perfect life

ELO

envy love often

yet know that there is 

nothing superior 

to one's own

happiness and health

HAPPILY EVER AFTER

when romance patiently says jump,

think about the potential of opportunity,

a new world: 

a small possibility

LIFE

merely 

a 

romantic 

experience that 

is 

beautiful 

to the end