M.P. Carver

Join us for this two-hour workshop where we will learn about erasure poetry (aka blackout), a unique form of found poetry where a poet removes or obscures words from a text to create something new. Erasure has the power to make the familiar unfamiliar and to explore what is and isn’t said in a text. Different poets find different ways to relate to the source material they choose. From government documents to art pieces, we'll start by discussing some examples then create our own erasure poems. Basic materials such as books and sharpies will be provided. You are welcome to bring your own source material and any additional art supplies you might want.

Workshop leader M.P. Carver is a poet and visual artist from Salem, MA. She is director of the Massachusetts Poetry Festival, miCrO-Founder of Molecule: a tiny lit mag, and teaches creative and digital writing at…