{"id":2126,"date":"2025-07-22T11:42:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T15:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/?p=2126"},"modified":"2025-07-23T15:24:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T19:24:30","slug":"the-motions-of-the-angels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/the-motions-of-the-angels\/","title":{"rendered":"THE MOTIONS OF THE ANGELS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"878\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2025\/07\/The-motions-of-the-angels._-Natasha-Butler-Rahman-1024x878.png\" alt=\"This image shows a collage poetry piece. Parts of various poems have been cut and pasted together to form a new poetic message. Black and white illustrations of flowers are also pasted around the poem.\" class=\"wp-image-2127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2025\/07\/The-motions-of-the-angels._-Natasha-Butler-Rahman-1024x878.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2025\/07\/The-motions-of-the-angels._-Natasha-Butler-Rahman-300x257.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2025\/07\/The-motions-of-the-angels._-Natasha-Butler-Rahman-768x659.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2025\/07\/The-motions-of-the-angels._-Natasha-Butler-Rahman-940x806.png 940w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2025\/07\/The-motions-of-the-angels._-Natasha-Butler-Rahman-400x343.png 400w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2025\/07\/The-motions-of-the-angels._-Natasha-Butler-Rahman.png 1054w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>By Natasha Butler-Rahman<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>THE MOTIONS OF THE ANGELS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The motions of the angels<br>Those who dance leaning on the arm of the overgrown purple iris,<br>just like you.<br>Those who explore the \u201cposthumous\u201d life side by side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The calls from the sick<br>wrapping over the two girls<br>just as though the helpless were right there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It seldom felt heavy\u2014<br>the pain must have been overtaken\u00a0<br>by the celestial intricacies of love,<br>sweet on the tongue,<br>like fresh water in August.<br>The severe might have been lost along with<br>the waning air of desperate things.<\/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 Natasha Butler-Rahman THE MOTIONS OF THE ANGELS The motions of the angelsThose who dance leaning on the arm of the overgrown purple iris,just like you.Those who explore the \u201cposthumous\u201d life side by side. The calls from the sickwrapping over the two girlsjust as though the helpless were right there. It seldom felt heavy\u2014the pain&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8216,"featured_media":2127,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2126","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\/2126","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=2126"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2329,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2126\/revisions\/2329"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}