
Silver Birch Press is seeking
April Fool’s Day
Erasure Poetry based on page 41 from a book of the poet’s choice
— interpret “April Fool’s Day” as you will (humor, trickery, thoughts on the day, but nothing x-rated or raw). Find out more about erasure poetry at
wavepoetry.com
and
geist.com.
I like this prompt because at some point we’ve all felt like fools, have been fooled, or have fooled someone else — so the resulting poems will be either humorous or emotional (my favorite types of poetry).
As a prompt, here are definitions of “fool”:
Noun: A person who acts unwisely; a silly person.
Verb: Trick or deceive.
Adjective: Foolish or silly.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
In honor of April Fool’s Day (4/1), Silver Birch Press is accepting submissions of erasure poems based on page 41 from a book of your choice. For examples of erasure poetry…
How does this work with ebooks? Noe of my ebooks have page numbers.
Ah yes – I never thought of that, and the short answer is I have no idea. I think it would have to be from paperbacks or hardbacks. xx
Thanks Alex for posting this. I did a blog about my attempts at erasure poetry. Thanks again!
You’re welcome – Erasure poetry is fun, but not as easy as you think! I sat for days playing with the same page. Once you get an idea into your head, it’s hard to change it 🙂
so true! This one was a real challenge for me, but I really enjoyed it. Thanks again!