{"id":2557,"date":"2026-07-07T15:14:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T19:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/?p=2557"},"modified":"2026-07-20T16:20:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T20:20:40","slug":"most-of-my-companions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/most-of-my-companions\/","title":{"rendered":"most of my companions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1550\" height=\"2486\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22most-of-my-companions.22-1.jpg\" alt=\"This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on a page of Mary Shelley\u2019s \u201cFrankenstein\u201d. The background is predominantly drawn over in black marker, with a pasted image of a group of smiling children in the top left corner of the page. Select words and phrases have been left visible and highlighted in pale orange, creating a new poetic message against the darkened background.\" class=\"wp-image-2558\" style=\"width:687px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22most-of-my-companions.22-1.jpg 1550w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22most-of-my-companions.22-1-187x300.jpg 187w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22most-of-my-companions.22-1-638x1024.jpg 638w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22most-of-my-companions.22-1-768x1232.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22most-of-my-companions.22-1-958x1536.jpg 958w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22most-of-my-companions.22-1-1277x2048.jpg 1277w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22most-of-my-companions.22-1-940x1508.jpg 940w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22most-of-my-companions.22-1-400x642.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1550px) 100vw, 1550px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>By Vanessa Osei-Owusu<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">most of my companions have been<br>going in different directions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I attempted to accompany them,<br>but my head whirled round,<br>my eyes, and my skin was parched with the heat of fever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">as if by instinct,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">. I was<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">recalled to action. I started up and re-<br>solved to return with all possible speed.<br>I must return by<br>morning, . I<br>experienced<br>relief from the overflowing misery<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">. I looked<br>up, in my happier<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">moment, I saw<br>a great and<br>sudden change. The sun shine<\/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 Vanessa Osei-Owusu most of my companions have beengoing in different directions I attempted to accompany them,but my head whirled round,my eyes, and my skin was parched with the heat of fever. as if by instinct, . I was recalled to action. I started up and re-solved to return with all possible speed.I must return&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8216,"featured_media":2556,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2557","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\/2557","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=2557"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3100,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2557\/revisions\/3100"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}