BCSummer Blackout Poetry Event
Black Card Members had a blackout poetry event on their Discord server in 2024 and these are the pieces i made for it. we used this blackout poetry maker to make the poems. some of them are based on other poets' work: Some Effects of Global Warming in Lackawanna County by Jay Parini; Revolution is the Sound of Your Heart Still Beating by Dominique Christina; and Harvest Moon by Franny Choi. the others use text from Alice in Wonderland and, iirc, Winnie the Pooh.
sobbing ice
sobbing Ice in a groggy summer
my heart — frozen
praise
Praise your body and the language and learning.
the becoming. the fight.
Praise the universe — and
Praise your resurrection.
feed and feed and feed
Last winter, I laughed when the sky collapsed
the sky casts over, cataract, callous, and the earth fumes
Still, still you'll find
I feed and feed and feed.
down down down
too dark to see
down, down, down.
four thousand miles down, no one listening
Do you think you could manage it?
I wish you were here with me!
I'm afraid, I couldn't answer it.
meant to be
humming this hum
Aha! (Rum-tum-tiddle-um-tum.)
Company, listening-to-me rum-tum-tum-tiddle-um.
called out, shout loud
must be somebody, meant to be.
Oh! This is me!