Sometimes in poetry, it’s not so much about the words you use but the words you leave out. Figure out which words don’t belong, then share your work with us. You could be holding in your hands the start of a great poem.
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(I’ve archived the full text in the comments.)įiled Under: Notes on writing and drawing Tagged: flow, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, NEWSPAPER BLACKOUT POEMS, play, POETRYįrom THE NEWS TRIBUNE in Tacoma, Washington: UPDATE (6/30/08): Weird timing: a reader from Tacoma, Washington messaged me and said her local newspaper, The News Tribune, is running a blackout poems contest. It is taken as downright shameful for a man past twenty to indulge in versification unless he receives a check to show for it. Not so long ago, it was acceptable to be an amateur poet….Nowadays if one does not make some money (however pitifully little) out of writing, it’s considered to be a waste of time. Sometimes even one word is enough to open a window on a new view of the world, to start the mind on an inner journey….Īnd the joys of being an amateur (why leave it to professionals?): What’s important is to find at least a line, or a verse, that starts to sing. It provides opportunities to experience a mild state of flow to many people who are stranded in airport lounges, who travel on commuter trains, or who are simply whiling away Sunday mornings.Ĭsikszentmihalyi then goes on to talk explicitly about poetry and writing: It is inexpensive and portable, its challenges can be finely graduated so that both novices and experts can enjoy it, and its solution produces a sense of pleasing order that gives one a satisfying feeling of accomplishment. There is much to be said in favor of this popular pastime, which in its best form resembles the ancient riddle contests. I think he could just as well be talking about making blackout poems: While re-reading Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s wonderful book Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, I came across this passage on working crossword puzzles.
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