Blacking Out The Universe 

started with a mid-November writing funk. November often does that to me.

In a pile of papers I had stacked "to do something with later," I found a college astronomy textbook. A Sharpie lay nearby.

Blackout poetry, I thought. Why not? And while you're why-notting, why not commit to a poem a day? For...49 days. Seven by seven. It had a nice symmetry. Plus seven is my number.

So it began.

I'm still figuring out the best presentation, but here they are, in the raw.

Blacking Out the Universe, 1-7.

Blacking Out the Universe, 8-14.

Blacking Out the Universe, 15-21.

Blacking Out the Universe, 22-28.

Blacking Out the Universe, 29-35.

Blacking Out the Universe, 36-42.

Blacking Out the Universe, 43-49.