Blackout Poem Maker
Make a blackout poem by keeping chosen words from a source text.
Quick answer: enter your details below and click Make Blackout Poem — your result appears instantly, right here in your browser. Nothing you enter is uploaded or stored.
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How to use
- Paste a source text.
- List the words to keep, in order, separated by commas.
- Click Make Blackout Poem.
About this tool
Paste a source text and the words to keep, in order, and the tool returns only the kept words as your poem, with the rest blacked out in concept. In the browser the idea is the same: kept words stay visible while the rest is hidden.
Frequently asked questions
Must kept words stay in source order?
Yes, that constraint is what makes blackout poetry a found-poem form.
What if a word is not found?
The tool reports how many were found, so you can swap in a word the source actually contains.