hand alphabets
reveal the core
by Jenni Baker, erasure poetry exhibited at Prizer Arts & Letters
Creative Invitation
Experimental poet Jenni Baker took original texts such as the 1967 Boy Scout Handbook and used White-Out to erase words, revealing patterns and new imagery.
Find a text on your bookshelf. Choose a page with words that seem evocative. Use White-Out to “erase” words or a marker to “blackout” words. The text will give you a just-right message.