Create Your Erasure Poem

select an existing text, then erase certain words or letters to create something new

Paste or type the source text you want to transform into an erasure poem. You can use any text such as articles, poems, stories, or song lyrics.
Optional: Enter the source or attribution for your text, such as author and title.
Click to generate an interactive erasure poem from your text.

Poem Editing Controls

Toggle between blackout mode (erased text appears as black blocks) and erasure mode (erased text is invisible).
Restore all erased text to make the original text visible again.
Start over with new source text.

Interactive Erasure Poem

Interactive text where you can click on letters or words to erase them. Use Tab to navigate, Enter or Space to toggle erasure.

Download Your Poem

Copy the current erasure poem to your clipboard as plain text.
Download the current erasure poem as a text file.