Expanding on the centuries old technique of “erasure” poetry, Emerge prompts users to write poetry using seminal texts as inspiration with a focus on reflection on the original text and response through creation of a poem.
Select a text to create an Emerge poem from below. Click the button to open the document, then print them out. Select the words to keep from the article, and color over, erase, or blackout the rest to keep your poem.
by William Donohue Ellis
by Dan Bobkoff
by Cuyahoga River Restoration
by William Jefferson Clinton
by Unknown
by Case Western Reserve