{"id":2742,"date":"2026-07-08T15:29:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T19:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/?p=2742"},"modified":"2026-07-20T17:45:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T21:45:51","slug":"a-voice-so-familiar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/a-voice-so-familiar\/","title":{"rendered":"a voice so familiar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1564\" height=\"2473\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22a-voice-so-familiar.22-1.jpg\" alt=\"This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on page 39 of Mary Shelley\u2019s \u201cFrankenstein\u201d. The background is predominantly drawn over in sheer yellow marker, with the text legible underneath. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered, emphasizing the words that form a new poetic message against the yellow background. Cutouts of vintage photographs have been pasted across the page.\" class=\"wp-image-2743\" style=\"width:687px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22a-voice-so-familiar.22-1.jpg 1564w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22a-voice-so-familiar.22-1-190x300.jpg 190w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22a-voice-so-familiar.22-1-648x1024.jpg 648w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22a-voice-so-familiar.22-1-768x1214.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22a-voice-so-familiar.22-1-971x1536.jpg 971w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22a-voice-so-familiar.22-1-1295x2048.jpg 1295w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22a-voice-so-familiar.22-1-940x1486.jpg 940w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22a-voice-so-familiar.22-1-400x632.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1564px) 100vw, 1564px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>By Mina Stevens<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a voice so familiar, hushed,<br>never more reflections<br>prove reality of evil,<br>grief commences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">which all have felt,<br>the smile<br>deemed a sacrilege,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">fortunate, remain<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the house of mourning, the<br>thick of life. new to sorrow,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She forgot<br>to forget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Mina Stevens a voice so familiar, hushed,never more reflectionsprove reality of evil,grief commences. which all have felt,the smiledeemed a sacrilege, fortunate, remain the house of mourning, thethick of life. new to sorrow, She forgotto forget.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8216,"featured_media":2741,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2742","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\/2742","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=2742"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3169,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2742\/revisions\/3169"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}