we separate

William Sedgwick’s “Man’s position in the universe: a rough survey” (1902) redacted into a poem. The nine-year microwave survey (published 2012) is nestled in the middle of the poem. Image credit: NASA / WMAP Science Team

universe satisfying

A page of “The Complete Prose Works of Walt Whitman, Volume I” (1902) redacted into a poem about the universe. The drop cap “U” is from J. Wesley Van Dervoort’s “The Water World” (1883).

unknown shore

“The Literary Gazette: A Weekly Journal of Literature, Arts, and Sciences,” Volume 13 (1829) redacted into a poem.