{"id":1488,"date":"2018-05-03T12:30:18","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T16:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bsuenglish.com\/dlr\/?p=1488"},"modified":"2018-05-03T12:30:18","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T16:30:18","slug":"ocean-erasure-the-great-pacific-garbage-patch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/dlr\/2018\/05\/03\/ocean-erasure-the-great-pacific-garbage-patch\/","title":{"rendered":"Ocean Erasure: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by<em> Tynan Drake, <\/em>Ball State University<\/p>\n<p>An erasure poem is a \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.writersdigest.com\/whats-new\/erasure-and-blackout-poems-poetic-forms\">poem that sculpts itself out of another larger text<\/a>\u201d in order to commentate on or derive new meaning from the original text (Brewer, \u201cErasure and Blackout Poems\u201d). Erasure poems are created by taking choice words or phrases from the source text and deleting everything else in between. This technique can influence the interpretation of the reading by changing the context or be used to enhance the impact of the story by highlighting the most striking components.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This erasure poem was created from the text of Kiara Alfonseca\u2019s article \u201cThe Great Pacific Garbage Patch, full of ocean plastic, keeps growing\u201d in order to emphasize the growing problem of plastic waste in our oceans. Please read the full article at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/great-pacific-garbage-patch-full-ocean-plastic-keeps-growing-n859276\">https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/great-pacific-garbage-patch-full-ocean-plastic-keeps-growing-n859276<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Ocean Erasure: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>monster \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0lurking<\/p>\n<p>between Hawaii and California<\/p>\n<p>vast dump \u00a0 plastic waste\u00a0\u00a0 ocean<\/p>\n<p>growing rapidly \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 a study \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 warned<\/p>\n<p>Ocean Cleanup \u00a0\u00a0 a problem\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 to understand<\/p>\n<p>non-profit\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 led the\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 initiative<\/p>\n<p>more \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0we thought \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0not too late<\/p>\n<p>Trash Free Seas \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0he sees \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0opportunity<\/p>\n<p>stop \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 plastic \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 waterways<\/p>\n<p>monitor \u00a0\u00a0 consumption\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 disposal<\/p>\n<p>think about \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0living<\/p>\n<p>end\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 day \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 a people problem<\/p>\n<p>far away\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 foreign \u00a0 \u00a0 always downstream<\/p>\n<p>power\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 changes \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 outflow<\/p>\n<p>stop\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 the course\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 discarded<\/p>\n<p>improve \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 cleanup\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 capture, concentrate<\/p>\n<p>ship \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 the patch back to land\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 debris<\/p>\n<p>meant to kill \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 lost and discarded \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 oceans<\/p>\n<p>damaged ecosystems \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 deadly to \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 life<\/p>\n<p>humans \u00a0\u00a0 great strides \u00a0\u00a0 turning\u00a0 \u00a0 around<\/p>\n<p>waste\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 stopping \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 our waterways<\/p>\n<p>awareness \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 is growing<\/p>\n<p>people \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 make \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 an impact<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Works Cited<\/p>\n<p>Alfonseca, Kiara. \u201cThe Great Pacific Garbage Patch, full of ocean plastic, keeps growing.\u201d <em>NBC News, <\/em>25 Mar. 2018, www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/great-pacific-garbage-patch-full-ocean-plastic-keeps-growing-n859276. Accessed 27 Mar. 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Brewer, Robert Lee. \u201cErasure and Blackout Poems: Poetic Forms.\u201d <em>Writer\u2019s Digest, <\/em>21 Nov. 2014, www.writersdigest.com\/whats-new\/erasure-and-blackout-poems-poetic-forms. Accessed 10 Apr. 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Tynan Drake, Ball State University An erasure poem is a \u201cpoem that sculpts itself out of another larger text\u201d in order to commentate on or derive new meaning from the original text (Brewer, \u201cErasure and Blackout Poems\u201d). 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