{"id":2539,"date":"2026-07-07T14:52:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/?p=2539"},"modified":"2026-07-20T16:15:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T20:15:44","slug":"i-am-blind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/i-am-blind\/","title":{"rendered":"I am blind"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1862\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22I-am-blind.22-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on page 120 of Mary Shelley\u2019s \u201cFrankenstein\u201d. The background is predominantly collaged and drawn over in black marker. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered, creating a new poetic message against the dark background and collaged boarder. Images of a human&apos;s eye and mouth as well as a hummingbird are pasted over select portions of the blacked-out text.\" class=\"wp-image-2541\" style=\"width:687px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22I-am-blind.22-1-scaled.jpg 1862w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22I-am-blind.22-1-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22I-am-blind.22-1-745x1024.jpg 745w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22I-am-blind.22-1-768x1056.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22I-am-blind.22-1-1117x1536.jpg 1117w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22I-am-blind.22-1-1490x2048.jpg 1490w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22I-am-blind.22-1-940x1292.jpg 940w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22I-am-blind.22-1-400x550.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1862px) 100vw, 1862px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>By Dana Salisbury<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am blind<br>I am poor<br>You<br>raise me by kindness I trust<br>the society<br>Heaven forbid! if criminal<br>I have been condemned.<br>your<br>voice<br>assures me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">friends?<br>paused. the moment<br>to rob me I struggled<br>destroyed<br>and sobbed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I cried<br>protect me!<br>you<br>exclaimed who are you?<br>that<br>horror<br>and<br>fury,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I refrained.<br>I quitted and escaped<br>unperceived<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Dana Salisbury I am blindI am poorYouraise me by kindness I trustthe societyHeaven forbid! if criminalI have been condemned.yourvoiceassures me friends?paused. the momentto rob me I struggleddestroyedand sobbed I criedprotect me!youexclaimed who are you?thathorrorandfury, I refrained.I quitted and escapedunperceived<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8216,"featured_media":2540,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-monstermash"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2539","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=2539"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3094,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2539\/revisions\/3094"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}