Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Go Read


By: Annette Camp

Another piece of blackout poetry from The New Yorker May 8, 2017 magazine

 



Every home everywhere 
kids love adventures. 

Quiet here, boys. 
Look.
Dream.
Go read books.

Open.
Read.
Laugh in solitude. 
Connect. 

Sometimes people 
were writing 
interesting 
endeavors. 

Fresh remarkable 
things: hope,
love, trust,
affection.

Companionship. 
Pleasure. 
Comfort. 
Friendship. 

Saturday, January 20, 2024

Poets & Dreamers Believe


By: Annette Camp

Another piece of blackout poetry from Poets & Writers Nov/Dec 2010 magazine



Poetry.
Poets.
Emotion.
Words.
Faith,
Freedom,
Symbols, 
Meaning.
Poem.
Writers.
Continue
to touch.
Consider
heart
circumstances 
oozing 
a simple
narrative. 
Snapping 
visuals.
Magic.
Miracle.
Love kept
the dreamer
believe 
fantasies.