American Dream Blackout Poems

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For a creative class project, I decided to create some blackout poems with different themes concerning the concept and different views of the idea of the American dream. I made a 100, so now I can share them here XD

"Work for the thing they had never really believed: the house, the money, our own place, place to go

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"Work for the thing they had never really believed: the house, the money, our own place, place to go. A little place in the future", taken from page 60 of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men

"All work no play left the American dream no time to waste; tomorrow slips farther away, day and night; time builds in a castle made with sand, time stands; American dream just take time", taken from the song "American Dream" by Casting Crowns

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"All work no play left the American dream no time to waste; tomorrow slips farther away, day and night; time builds in a castle made with sand, time stands; American dream just take time", taken from the song "American Dream" by Casting Crowns

"All work no play left the American dream no time to waste; tomorrow slips farther away, day and night; time builds in a castle made with sand, time stands; American dream just take time", taken from the song "American Dream" by Casting Crowns

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"Talk to the immigrant how home feel like a foreign place; on the day they left, remember how time held them close and even closer as though America was happy to see everyone change", taken from page 41 of Nicola Yoon's The Sun Is Also a Star

"Talk to the immigrant how home feel like a foreign place; on the day they left, remember how time held them close and even closer as though America was happy to see everyone change", taken from page 41 of Nicola Yoon's The Sun Is Also a Star

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"Say all dreams come true- children and money and big house more important; and you believe all the pretty dreams. Have all the things you want", taken from page 228 of Nicola Yoon's The Sun Is Also a Star

 Have all the things you want", taken from page 228 of Nicola Yoon's The Sun Is Also a Star

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"In the New York night, you feel dizzy. You didn't see the way you saw before. No doubt you must dream, you thrive, you never sleep, you imagine, you wonder, you take a chance; you will not forget the city could be yours", taken from the song "My Manhattan" from the musical Daddy Long Legs

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