{"id":2813,"date":"2026-07-08T16:35:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T20:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/?p=2813"},"modified":"2026-07-21T12:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T16:34:10","slug":"i-gasped-for-breath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/i-gasped-for-breath\/","title":{"rendered":"I gasped for breath"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1687\" height=\"2502\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/I-gasped-for-breath-1.jpg\" alt=\"This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on a page of Mary Shelley\u2019s \u201cFrankenstein\u201d. The original text is predominantly obscured with blue marker. Various clippings and images are pasted across the margins and the obscured parts of the text. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered and underlined in blue pen, creating a new poetic message.\" class=\"wp-image-2814\" style=\"width:687px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/I-gasped-for-breath-1.jpg 1687w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/I-gasped-for-breath-1-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/I-gasped-for-breath-1-690x1024.jpg 690w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/I-gasped-for-breath-1-768x1139.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/I-gasped-for-breath-1-1036x1536.jpg 1036w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/I-gasped-for-breath-1-1381x2048.jpg 1381w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/I-gasped-for-breath-1-940x1394.jpg 940w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/I-gasped-for-breath-1-400x593.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1687px) 100vw, 1687px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>By Destiny M.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I gasped for breath<br>machination<br>already await their destiny:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">tormented;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">gestures and bitter cries were sufficient<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">forgetfulness<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">youthful lovers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">could thus resist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">found myself<br>awaking from a dream<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">overwhelmed me<br>barred windows<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">characterise<br>sympathising<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Destiny M. I gasped for breathmachinationalready await their destiny: tormented; gestures and bitter cries were sufficient forgetfulness youthful lovers could thus resist found myselfawaking from a dream overwhelmed mebarred windows characterisesympathising<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8216,"featured_media":2812,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2813","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\/2813","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=2813"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3197,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2813\/revisions\/3197"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}