When I worked in a used bookstore a few years ago, I collected trashed clearance items with permission from my manager. As books were cleared off shelves after a year or so unsold, I chucked title after title into dumpsters out back.
With COVID restrictions in place, we could no longer donate what we could not sell. Our recycling options were nonexistent. Most recycling in the county went to landfills anyway.
Occasionally, I would find a title that caught my interest. Something aggressively political or pretentious from the self-help section would make its way into the pile, and I set it aside. From Ann Coulter's books to The Complete Idiot's Guide to Yoga with Kids, I built a collection and scoured pages practicing blackout poetry.
As I try to get back into this style of poetry, I wanted to share a few pieces here. I would love to know what you think.
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