The old kitchen
wanted for children.
No swing set,
no tree house,
no basketball hoop–
just a sensation of life–
huge and urgent.
The kitchen cupboards
quietly mind
standing hollow-boned
as a thought.
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Trifextra Challenge: The challenge this week is to take 33 words from this page of Elizabeth Strout’s Olive Kitteridge. I think you can take whatever 33 words in whatever order, but I decided to use this as another try at black out poetry, and keep my words in order. http://www.trifectawritingchallenge.com/2013/02/trifextra-week-fifty-six.html
I won second place!!! 
How fabulous– Thanks, Trifecta Editors!!
I am impressed! Especially the way you placed the 1st two lines. How on earth did you mark out the pages like that? You are such a clever wee Rawr.
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Well done!!
Impressive job!!! Nicely done!
Thank you!!
fantastic
like how you made those lines/marks 
Thanks, KZ!
clapping
Awww, thank you!
I’ve never seen this done before. Fun! Intriguing!
I’ve been fascinated with blackout writing since I picked up a book on it years ago. If you add the tag to your reader or search engine it, you can see some neat examples.
Thank you for reading!
Very nice. I really like how you rewrote these words…
You are so creative.
Thanks, Melanie!!
Love it! Never heard of it before so might give it a shot.
Oh, definitely try it, Tasneem, it’s fun! I did it with a bit of flash fiction awhile ago for the Daily Prompt, too: https://rarasaur.wordpress.com/2012/12/06/subject-read-between-the-lines/
I did and you’re right, it was fun
I had a headache while writing it but didn’t want to pass it up. Will definitely be doing more of their challenges 
and I like reading what others come up with too. The blogging community is pretty awesome.
http://lebohemianwriter.wordpress.com/2013/02/24/trifecta-challenge-a-state-of-mind/
Love this!! Well done.
Once I’d gotten over my relief that you had NOT in actuality defaced a book, I really enjoyed your response to this challenge! I think I’m a librarian at heart…
Oh my– no way! In my parent’s house, if you even step on a book or knock it off a table, you have to pick it up and apologize to the book. I can’t even dog ear the pages, let alone write in a book, let alone cross out actual words!
Thanks for reading!
I did something similar once with cut out words… I can’t remember where I got them all, but it ended up being a very gothic poem…Let me see if I can find it. This is a fun entry!!!
Oh yes, look for it! I love cut-out poems and black-out poems. There’s something neat to the idea that there’s a poem in any ol’ bucket of words, if you’re looking.
Thanks for reading!!
the old kitchen wanted for children
what a way to lead in to your piece. Love it!
clever!
Well done!
Thank you!
Excellent job with the prompt! I hadn’t ever seen the lines marking out the page like that, but I find it very creative!
It’s called “black out poetry” and I’m quite fond of reading it, though I’ve only experimented with writing it a few times.
It’s definitely worth doing a search for and checking out! 
Thank you for reading!
A fab start ,a great end & wonderful work in between:-)
I like how you made the kitchen into a living thing with wants.
It’s magical that you’re able to respond to all the participants!
Thank you for reading, and for taking the time to comment! *hugs*
Wow.. loved it..
An absolutely gorgeous poem! You totally rocked this!
Well done. An example of “personification” at it’s best.
Nice, Rawr! Rawr!!!
Rawr!!!
Thanks, lovely!
Great stuff!
This is so unbelievably clever. To have created something so meaningful is one thing — but to have used the words in the order that you found them is just amazing!!
Congrats on a well-deserved silver medal.
Thank you!!! I was so shocked to see the mention, what an honor!
Thank you for reading!
Well done – a fantastic effort. I ducked out of this prompt because I couldn’t fathom out what we were supposed to do, so double kudos to you.
great job on the challenge, and congrats! loved the poem
Congratulations Rara! It’s much deserved.