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Tap words to keep and black out the rest — turn any text into found poetry.
Blackout Poetry Maker lets you paste any text and tap the words to keep; the rest is blacked out, revealing a found poem you can download as an image. It runs entirely in your browser.
Create blackout (or “found”) poetry from any text. Paste a page — an article, a book excerpt, song lyrics, an old email — then tap the words you want to keep; everything else gets redacted with black bars, leaving a poem hidden inside the original. Toggle between editing and the finished blackout view, then download your poem as an image to print or share. It’s a calming, creative writing exercise, and it all happens in your browser.
Blackout Poetry Maker provides a browser-based way to create found poetry by letting you select specific words to keep while redacting the rest of the text. It eliminates the need for physical cutting or complex design software, allowing you to quickly generate and download blackout poems as images. Because it operates entirely within the browser with no required installation, it offers a straightforward and accessible creative writing exercise.
Good to know: This tool is designed specifically for single-text blackout poetry creation and export, so users requiring advanced text analysis, multi-page document formatting, or deep editing capabilities may need more robust software.
Learn how to turn any article, book excerpt, or text into a custom found poem by redacting unwanted words.
Paste your source text
Paste an article, book excerpt, song lyrics, or any other text into the input field to begin your poetry exercise.
Tap words to keep
Select the specific words you want to keep in your poem by tapping them directly in the text interface.
Redact the remaining text
All unselected words automatically get covered with black bars, leaving only your chosen words visible as a hidden poem.
Toggle view and download image
Switch between the editing mode and the finished blackout view, then download your final poem as an image to print or share.
Estimated time: PT2M
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