Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Blackout Poetry

I recently stumbled across this idea for poetry, and I love how it incorporates both the art of poetry and the art of drawing. Here are some ideas to get you started!

Blackout Poetry (includes ideas on how to use it in a classroom setting)

A step-by-step process

Here's a whole selection of poems to inspire you.

An entire tumblr of blackout poetry

If you try some of your own, I'd love to see pictures!


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Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

Jesus, joy of our desiring,
holy wisdom, love most bright;
drawn by thee, our souls aspiring
soar to uncreated light.
Word of God, our flesh that fashioned,
with the fire of life impassioned,
striving still to truth unknown,
soaring, dying round thy throne.

Through the way where hope is guiding,
hark, what peaceful music rings;
where the flock, in thee confiding,
drink of joy from deathless springs.
Theirs is beauty's fairest pleasure;
theirs is wisdom's holiest treasure.
Thou dost ever lead thine own
in the love of joys unknown.

Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by Martin Janus, translation attributed to Robert Seymour Bridges


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