{"id":5795,"date":"2020-08-13T15:13:48","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T15:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/?p=5795"},"modified":"2020-08-15T09:43:14","modified_gmt":"2020-08-15T09:43:14","slug":"a-new-take-on-poetry-blackout-july-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/a-new-take-on-poetry-blackout-july-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Take on Poetry: Blackout July Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

As you all know by now, one of Daastan\u2019s<\/a> favorite things to do is to engage<\/em> and encourage<\/em> authors. We love to help writers showcase their talent through writing challenges<\/em> and thematic campaigns<\/em>. Daastan\u2019s Blackout July challenge was in lieu of this intention.<\/span><\/p>\n

What was the blackout July Challenge?<\/span><\/h2>\n

The name sounds strange right? But you will be surprised and intrigued once you find out what it is. Blackout poetry is when poets\/writers use a piece of text and manipulate it into poetry. Words that carry potential meaning are outlined with a box made with a pen. The rest of the text is colored with a black marker to conceal it, hence the name \u201cblackout\u201d. New meaning is brought to stained old pieces of paper through this approach.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n