Blackout poetry is the unusual modern art form of digging poems out of the words on printed pages. It’s a great creative exercise, perfect for those writer-blocked moments. And it’s oh so very satisfying to find a story hidden inside of another and rewrite the narrative.

Today’s victim is Merchant of Berlin by L. Mühlbach. Let’s see what we find. peace—rest
the streets, empty, dark,
and moaning the death of a man
mourning prevailed

the street lamps dark and silent
a gloomy feeling
a superstitious force
at the hour of the grave
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living spirits flying
death gate stands