{"id":2119,"date":"2025-07-22T11:32:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T15:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/?p=2119"},"modified":"2025-07-23T15:20:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T19:20:23","slug":"the-season-of-the-beast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/the-season-of-the-beast\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SEASON OF THE BEAST"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"810\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2025\/07\/the-season-of-_-the-beast._-Nicole-Del-Rio-810x1024.png\" alt=\"This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on a page of a T.S. Eliot poetry anthology. The lines of the original poem are predominantly painted over in a sheer maroon marker. Select words and phrases have been left visible, and outlined in pencil, forming a new poetic message.\" class=\"wp-image-2120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2025\/07\/the-season-of-_-the-beast._-Nicole-Del-Rio-810x1024.png 810w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2025\/07\/the-season-of-_-the-beast._-Nicole-Del-Rio-237x300.png 237w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2025\/07\/the-season-of-_-the-beast._-Nicole-Del-Rio-768x971.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2025\/07\/the-season-of-_-the-beast._-Nicole-Del-Rio-940x1189.png 940w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2025\/07\/the-season-of-_-the-beast._-Nicole-Del-Rio-400x506.png 400w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2025\/07\/the-season-of-_-the-beast._-Nicole-Del-Rio.png 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>By Nicole Del Rio<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>THE SEASON OF THE BEAST<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>the season of<br>the beast,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A terrified spirit<br>reborn<br>rise toward the violent sun<br>wings<br>over the moon?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>a long distance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You bring me<br>a door of<br>Sunlight and singing;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Singing and light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MARY:<br>HARRY:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In<br>another world. I know it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mary!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let me see you<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>play with me<br>remember<br>me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Nicole Del Rio THE SEASON OF THE BEAST the season ofthe beast, A terrified spiritrebornrise toward the violent sunwingsover the moon? a long distance You bring mea door ofSunlight and singing; Singing and light. MARY:HARRY: Inanother world. I know it! Mary! Let me see you play with merememberme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8216,"featured_media":2120,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-erasedland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8216"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2119"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2324,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119\/revisions\/2324"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}