{"id":2547,"date":"2026-07-07T15:03:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T19:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/?p=2547"},"modified":"2026-07-20T16:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T20:17:08","slug":"permitted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/permitted\/","title":{"rendered":"permitted"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1672\" height=\"2503\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22permitted.22-1.jpg\" alt=\"This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on page 54 of Mary Shelley\u2019s \u201cFrankenstein\u201d. The background is predominantly drawn over in black marker, with purple images collaged across the page. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered, creating a new poetic message against the blacked-out background.\" class=\"wp-image-2548\" style=\"width:687px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22permitted.22-1.jpg 1672w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22permitted.22-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22permitted.22-1-684x1024.jpg 684w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22permitted.22-1-768x1150.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22permitted.22-1-1026x1536.jpg 1026w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22permitted.22-1-1368x2048.jpg 1368w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22permitted.22-1-940x1407.jpg 940w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22permitted.22-1-400x599.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1672px) 100vw, 1672px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>By Ama Oduro<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">permitted the land of<br>knowledge.<br>It gives<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">to lecture<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I trembled<br>I walked<br>I reflected<br>I dreaded<br>this monster<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My<br>child<br>an<br>empty<br>fortune befallen<br>me my enemy had<br>ascended<br>unable<br>my pulse beat<br>unable<br>my hands,<br>my unusual arrival,<br>observed me attentively in my eyes<\/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 Ama Oduro permitted the land ofknowledge.It gives to lecture I trembledI walkedI reflectedI dreadedthis monster Mychildanemptyfortune befallenme my enemy hadascendedunablemy pulse beatunablemy hands,my unusual arrival,observed me attentively in my eyes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8216,"featured_media":2546,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2547","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\/2547","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=2547"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3096,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2547\/revisions\/3096"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}