Tag Archives: Blackout Poetry

to stone relentles

Posted on March 27, 2026 by istsfor manity

What I’m Listening To: A long black over coat will show no stainFeel the heat and the burn on your backThe rip and the moan and the stretch of the rackAll my belongings in a flour sackWill the place I … Continue reading →

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an impossible form

Posted on March 25, 2026 by istsfor manity

Blackout-ish Poem 02.03.14 (redux) An irritating squirrel saysTo an umbrella made of stone: You are a conflation of an Absurdist dialectic.You are an impossible form. The umbrella sprouts a stratocumulus cloud on its ferrule and floats away. The squirrel, inspired, … Continue reading →

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invited to remember

Posted on December 29, 2025 by istsfor manity

Nightmare Erasures (redux) What I’m Reading: NO WRITING IS WASTED. EVEN WHAT WE THROW out is progress. — Elizabeth McCracken / A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction

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wedge or arc

Posted on September 8, 2025 by istsfor manity

To Snare A Ghost (a blackout) Final List Electric bedroomNew witchAdd wall next to trackWedge or arcChange entry Too damaged byChangeWe want to keep them at 8 foot heightCloseMetal doorsNo change to living hard painChange vanityApart (we may do this … Continue reading →

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eff ew poets

Posted on June 19, 2025 by istsfor manity

erasure erasure What I’m Reading: … We’ve already sinned so much … — Anton Chekhov / The Cherry Orchard

pitched evoke image

Posted on February 24, 2025 by istsfor manity

American Scree 19 (erasure / blot poem #66) He demons in language.During his compositions not to cognition The letters instead The letterskind of flashycorrespond to kindof potential colors,whose called for colors, high pitchedevokeimage lights imagery,a whole kind of citydistanced from emphasis … Continue reading →

true blue americana

Posted on February 11, 2025 by istsfor manity

a ruin (a blackout) once we have torn shit downwanting and beingimmersive worksExpanding the surface dimension the revolutionary leadera ruinenslaved against the colonialgovernment of the united states the surface indigoenslaved A driverwoveninto “true blue” americana What I’m Reading: If the … Continue reading →

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ghastly hands perched

Posted on December 24, 2024 by istsfor manity

Manos: A Slice of My Memories (a blackout poem) Christmas was sheer terror. Every year as dark descended,my mother appeared — ghastly hands perched at the end of the tableancient twins— A slice of fixed mistrust. Father an assortment of … Continue reading →

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others needed clarity

Posted on November 8, 2024 by istsfor manity

The Dour Psephologist The dour psephologist opened her eyes and instinctively reached for the phone. She tore off the charge cord, opened the notes app, and immediately started her thumbs pistoning. She enviviosned the dream as a perfectly composed script … Continue reading →

the stone cool

Posted on August 17, 2024 by istsfor manity

offing blackout erasure redux What I’m Reading: I try to talkwith “I,” but “I” doesn’t trustme. “I” says I amslippery by nature. — Tori Derricotte / “Speculations about ‘I’”

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