two in the morning
mind humming from the inside out
thinking about how much I think
—Terri Guillemets
blackout poetry created from Jodi Picoult, Salem Falls, 2001
two in the morning
mind humming from the inside out
thinking about how much I think
—Terri Guillemets
blackout poetry created from Jodi Picoult, Salem Falls, 2001
at night her age landed hard
like the fall of wasted time
—Terri Guillemets
blackout poetry created from Danielle Steel, Fairy Tale, 2017
Solitude and age —
Social? Too lazy, sorry.
—Terri Guillemets
blackout poetry created from Danielle Steel, Fairy Tale, 2017
Tea in bed? Come on.
Good heavens! ridiculous,
What the dickens?!
—Terri Guillemets
blackout poetry created from Charles Dickens, letter to John Forster, 1842
To kill words with fear,
It’s a dreadful thing.
—Don’t.
—Terri Guillemets, “Censorship: What the D!ck@%$?”
blackout poetry created from Charles Dickens, “The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain,” 1848
insomnia is invisible
but hard as concrete
—Terri Guillemets
blackout poetry created from Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club, 1996
the miracle of a library card
to study, oh, you know,
fill in the blank — anything
—Terri Guillemets
blackout poetry created from Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club, 1996
“Hester unadulterated. The end.”
—Terri Guillemets, altered prose – found poetry, created from
The years pile up and hide under a new exterior.
—Terri Guillemets
blackout poetry created from Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, 1850