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@riamgriswold.bsky.social Sep 14, 2026, 7:22 PM

Snakebite 62: no body as vague as god / a great smooth pit separated from us #poetry #blackoutpoetry

@a5roseb.bsky.social Sep 13, 2026, 4:06 AM

#BlackoutPoetry
The Citizenry
Opened to the citizenry, where money, movement, and manners overlap
#LiteraryCollage #VintageIllustration #VisualPoetry #MixedMediaArt #AIart #AIchallenge #aiartcommunity #aiartist #GenAI #GenerativeArt #SynthArt #BuilderofNightmares

A vertically arranged mixed-media collage evokes an elegant European city between the 1920s and mid-century, rendered in cream paper, charcoal black, muted blue-gray, and weathered sepia. At upper left, oversized black serif lettering reads, “Opened to the citizenry in foreign currencies.” Beneath it are fragments of a foreign bank document and circular stamp. Arched windows, faint architectural drawings, looping pen marks, and the ghostly outline of a tall city tower dissolve into the paper. Near the upper center, italic lettering declares, “Life is more joyous,” while at upper right a dark-haired man in a formal black suit and tie emerges from a dense black watercolor field beside the words “a discreet gentleman.” The middle section becomes a rainy urban street filled with early automobiles and men in brimmed hats, accompanied by the handwritten phrase “in the flow of automobiles.” A distinguished mustached man occupies the center, while to his right a dark-haired woman holding a small glass stands among other elegantly dressed women beneath the words “those young ladies.” Lower down, a scholar bends over papers and an open book beside the fragment “the boys will be stealing, agreeing with a scholar.” A torn scrap at center reads “Without question” above a handwritten signature. At lower right, a young blonde woman with pale blue eyes looks outward beside text describing her straight hair and rare sense of self-possession. Sketches of automobiles, distant architecture, a globe, ink splatters, graph lines, torn paper edges, and overlapping handwritten marks unify the composition, making the entire page resemble an illustrated literary notebook assembled from observations, quotations, and fleeting encounters.

AI-generated; use is permitted for non-commercial creative projects. MidJourney, FLUX.1-schnell model via Perchance, Artspace.ai, REVE, Echoform™.

@rutgersods.bsky.social Sep 12, 2026, 2:00 PM

🎥 VIDEO: Discover the art of blackout poetry and transform existing text into something entirely new. A creative exercise that sparks inspiration with just a marker and a page.

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#BlackoutPoetry #CreativeWriting #VideoEssay

Video thumbnail showing a close-up of a hand using a black marker to cover sections of printed text on a page, creating a blackout poem by revealing selected words while obscuring the rest.

@deftnotes.bsky.social Sep 12, 2026, 4:00 AM

"A Case For Unplugging, Temporarily", New York Times, Melissa Kirsch
#BlackOutPoetry #FoundPoetry

@pi-and-anne.bsky.social Sep 10, 2026, 8:02 AM

the leaf and the whale
keep the balance

#blackoutpoetry

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