{"id":2803,"date":"2026-07-08T16:29:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T20:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/?p=2803"},"modified":"2026-07-21T12:27:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T16:27:57","slug":"i-perused","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/i-perused\/","title":{"rendered":"I perused"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1657\" height=\"2505\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/I-perused-1.jpg\" alt=\"This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on page 14 of Mary Shelley\u2019s \u201cFrankenstein\u201d. The original text is predominantly obscured with black marker, with various clippings collaged over the obscured parts of the text, as well as the margins of the page. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered, creating a new poetic message.\" class=\"wp-image-2804\" style=\"width:687px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/I-perused-1.jpg 1657w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/I-perused-1-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/I-perused-1-677x1024.jpg 677w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/I-perused-1-768x1161.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/I-perused-1-1016x1536.jpg 1016w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/I-perused-1-1355x2048.jpg 1355w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/I-perused-1-940x1421.jpg 940w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/I-perused-1-400x605.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1657px) 100vw, 1657px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>By Halley Glier<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I perused,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I became my<br>own creation; I imagined a niche<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">of<br>my thoughts<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Six years have passed<br>now, I dedicated<br>my body<br>to<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">sleep;<br>devoted my nights to<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">myself<br>I felt<br>proud<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And now,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My courage and my hopes<br>proceed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Halley Glier I perused, I became myown creation; I imagined a niche ofmy thoughts Six years have passednow, I dedicatedmy bodyto sleep;devoted my nights to myselfI feltproud And now, My courage and my hopesproceed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8216,"featured_media":2802,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2803","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\/2803","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=2803"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3193,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2803\/revisions\/3193"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}