Blanked verse: the power of erasure poetry

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Blanked verse: the power of erasure poetry Nov 19, 2021 11:54:59 GMT

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Poets have been constructing new work by selectively redacting others’ texts for decades, but Instagram and our political moment have spotlit this startling technique

www.theguardian.com/books/2021/nov/12/blanked-verse-the-power-of-erasure-poetry

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Zos Elite Member @sydneybean Posts: 15,162 Likes: 12,888	Blanked verse: the power of erasure poetry Nov 20, 2021 11:09:30 GMT Carl LaFong likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Zos on Nov 20, 2021 11:09:30 GMT effectively musical sampling applied to verse.
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Carl LaFong Exalted Member @carllafong Posts: 82,507 Likes: 63,170	Blanked verse: the power of erasure poetry Nov 21, 2021 0:53:23 GMT Zos likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Carl LaFong on Nov 21, 2021 0:53:23 GMT Nov 20, 2021 11:09:30 GMT Zos said: effectively musical sampling applied to verse. Only much less entertaining!
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Blanked verse: the power of erasure poetry Nov 21, 2021 13:23:02 GMT Carl LaFong likes this

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effectively musical sampling applied to verse.

Only much less entertaining!

About as effective as the "cut ups" techniques of William Burroughs used by Bowie on TVC15.

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