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an open book with many lines on it and the words written in black are shown

I have long loved snipping words out of book pages to create book page poems like this: It's always fun to see what you can create. However, this time I decided to create poems by redacting a single book page. Much more challenging. Making these is like putting together a puzzle. It's a great brain teaser. Plus, it's a lovely way to stitch together a little fantasy story and get yourself in the right mindset to create some cool art. A creative warm-up of sorts. I think my favorite is the…

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An old book page.  Certain words are circled in black marker.  Outside the circles are many more haphazard circles, evoking a sense of anxiety.  When read together, the words say, "The fear and pain of physical discipline and a strange and twisted childhood drove audacious courage from their life."

"The fear and pain of physical discipline and a strange and twisted childhood drove audacious courage from their life." Found: Twelve Centuries of English Poetry and Prose, ©1910, p. 383 #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #blackoutpoetry #healingjourney #childabusesurvivor #writingcommunity

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