This idea is too cool. Over at a certain sharkly agent's web site, a reader named Kitty posted in comments a poem based on The Pericles Commission.
I was astounded (and flattered). Here, with her permission, is The Pericles Commission, the Erasure Poem version, by Kitty:
How did she create this? Here's the first page of The Pericles Commission, with a few erasures:
I was astounded (and flattered). Here, with her permission, is The Pericles Commission, the Erasure Poem version, by Kitty:
A dead man at my feet
lay facedown in the dirt
shot through the heart.
The body was warm to my touch
his wound, slippery and wet
I heard the footsteps of someone coming
perhaps the killer
I stepped backward to take cover
How did she create this? Here's the first page of The Pericles Commission, with a few erasures: