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Erasure poetry is a form of Found poetry created by erasing words from an existing text in prose or verse and framing the result on the page as a poem. The results can be allowed to stand in situ or they can be arranged into line and/or stanza. Here is a nonce example using text from the November 2003 version of the English Wikipedia Main Page: Several contemporary writer/artists have used this form to good effect. Doris Cross appears to have been among the earliest to utilize this technique,... full article at wikipedia
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Created by Metaweb Oct 22, 2006
Last edited by faye Apr 18, 2007
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