An Erasure Poem is a poem where you take a text, any text, black out or erase all of the words you don't want, and build a poem from what's left.
This poem was built from an article in the AAA Car & Drive magazine about games to play on the road when your radio breaks. The last time my radio broke on the road, I fixed it by banging the console with a hammer. Eventually, I broke the console.
Erasure Poem from AAA Car & Travel
Radio road trips
My little sister imagines music
We set out
on an overnight drive
Pass the time
Reminisce
Plan the future
Leave a void
Things to say
run out
Forever to cross
Virginia
A simple game
we played as kids
Whizzed by the dial
Going to a picnic
talk about food
Games
Memory
Banana and asparagus
A virtual menu
Whoever uncovers the chain
Wins
© puma perl, 4/4/11
Poems, performances, photography, productions, stories, prose, music, journalism, band, songwriting, videos - surviving despite the odds. Is it all true? Yeah. Maybe. Sometimes. Mostly. Creation is transformative. I collaborate with amazing artists and musicians, primarily with my band, Puma Perl and Friends. Books available as well: knuckle tattoos, Belinda and Her Friends, Ruby True, Retrograde, Birthdays Before and After. Photo, Len DeLessio
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