{"id":2133,"date":"2025-07-22T11:55:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T15:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/?p=2133"},"modified":"2025-07-23T15:26:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T19:26:22","slug":"the-lights-fade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/the-lights-fade\/","title":{"rendered":"THE LIGHTS FADE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"675\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2025\/07\/The-lights-fade._-Unknown-675x1024.png\" alt=\"This image shows a blackout poetry piece created from a piece entitled &quot;The Rock&quot;. The original poem has been painted in a heart-shaped orange frame, and collaged over with floral patterns and images. The orange heart obscures some words, but the original poem is left mostly unchanged. The uncovered, legible words form a poetic message against the art piece. \" class=\"wp-image-2134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2025\/07\/The-lights-fade._-Unknown-675x1024.png 675w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2025\/07\/The-lights-fade._-Unknown-198x300.png 198w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2025\/07\/The-lights-fade._-Unknown-768x1165.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2025\/07\/The-lights-fade._-Unknown-940x1425.png 940w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2025\/07\/The-lights-fade._-Unknown-400x607.png 400w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2025\/07\/The-lights-fade._-Unknown.png 980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>By Unknown<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>THE LIGHTS FADE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lights fade; in the semi-darkness the<br>heard chanting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We will build with bricks<br>There are hands and machines<br>And clay for brick<br>And lime for mortar<br>Where the bricks are<br>We will build with stone<br>Where the beams are<br>We will build with timbers<br>Where the word is<br>We will build with speech<br>There is work<br>for all<br>And a job for<br>Every to his work.<\/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 Unknown THE LIGHTS FADE The lights fade; in the semi-darkness theheard chanting. We will build with bricksThere are hands and machinesAnd clay for brickAnd lime for mortarWhere the bricks areWe will build with stoneWhere the beams areWe will build with timbersWhere the word isWe will build with speechThere is workfor allAnd a job forEvery&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8216,"featured_media":2134,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2133","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\/2133","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=2133"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2332,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2133\/revisions\/2332"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}