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~ My Black-Out Poem ~

A blackout poem is when a poet takes a marker to already established text and starts redacting words until a poem is formed. The key thing with a blackout poem is that the text AND redacted text form a sort of visual poem.

You might call mine a grey-out poem. The redacted words are in a grey font. The lines of the poem are in bolded grape.


My Black-Out Poem:

John quotes Jesus as saying:

“Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment:

concerning sin, because they do not believe in me; concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer; concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.

I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.When the Spirit of truth comes,he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you. All that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you."

   _{Original quoted from the English Standard Version of the Bible.}

The 7 lines of the poem:

I tell you the truth
the Helper will convict the world
you will see me no longer
I still have things to say
the Spirit of truth will glorify me,
he will take what is mine and
he will declare it to you.

~ ~ ~ JESUS is LORD! ~ ~ ~

Prompt: Find a form of poetry you've never written before and both describe it and write an example.

Form chosen: Black-Out Poetry.

Written for "The Whatever Contest." "The Whatever Contest -- Closed for Now" 

Line Count:7 lines