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Redaction verse

Form
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Poetry created by erasing or redacting parts of an existing text to reveal a new poem

Detailed Definition
Redaction verse creates new meaning by selectively erasing or blacking out words from an existing text (often bureaucratic, legal, or historical); a form of found poetry, it exposes hidden narratives, critiques power structures, and transforms censorship into creative act, making absence speak louder than presence.
Example
Example in poetry:
Poems edited to remove political references under censorship; Biblical psalms redacted for liturgical use; Contemporary erasure poetry blacking out news articles to reveal new meaning; Works revised to obscure personal trauma, leaving suggestive gaps
Additional Notes
Redaction verse blacks out or removes parts of existing texts to create new meaning; a form of erasure poetry—often comments on censorship or hidden histories.
Also Known As
erasure poetry censored text blackout verse redacted lyric blackout poetry deletion verse
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