If ever there was a time for ghosts, redemption, and the hearth’s warm glow, it is now! As the frosty mists of November roll in and a a new movie adaptation of Charles Dickens’ timeless masterpiece prepares to grace the screen, what better moment to summon the festive spirit?
Awaken the ghosts of Christmases past by trying your hand at our upcoming blackout poetry collection!
Blackout poetry is a unique art form where you create a new poem from an existing text. Instead of starting with a blank page, you take a piece of writing like from a book or newspaper and black out most of the words, leaving only a select few. The words you leave behind then form your new poem, and the blacked out areas create interesting visual designs. It’s about finding hidden messages and new stories within old words.
This eZine will be available free on the Verseve site and on Google Play books!
This edition is featuring The A Christmas Carol
Publication target: December 25, 2026.
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Subject: A Christmas Carol – Pen Name
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Christmas was upon his legs.
Sticks of sealing wax, which he paid for.
He sat breathless in his chair.
Chuckled till he cried.
He had been quiet satisfied.
He dressed himself all his best.
With his hands behind him.
With a delighted smile.
He looks so irresistibly pleasant.
"A merry Christmas to you!"
Of all the blithe sounds he had ever heard, those were the blithest in his ears.
It sent a pang across his heart.
"My dear..." said the gentleman.
"How very kind of you. A merry Christmas to me! You have the.... G O O D N E S S!"
"Bless me!" cried the gentleman as if his breath were taken away.
"My dear, please... Will you do me that favor?"
