{"id":2823,"date":"2026-07-08T16:42:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T20:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/?p=2823"},"modified":"2026-07-21T12:37:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T16:37:01","slug":"misery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/misery\/","title":{"rendered":"misery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1577\" height=\"2513\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/misery-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 black marker. Various beige, black, and brown clippings are pasted across the margins and the obscured parts of the text. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered, creating a new poetic message.\" class=\"wp-image-2824\" style=\"width:687px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/misery-1.jpg 1577w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/misery-1-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/misery-1-643x1024.jpg 643w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/misery-1-768x1224.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/misery-1-964x1536.jpg 964w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/misery-1-1285x2048.jpg 1285w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/misery-1-940x1498.jpg 940w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/misery-1-400x637.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1577px) 100vw, 1577px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>By Talia Beckhardt<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">misery: I left you along the shores of<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">many months ; do you<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">dare<br>break<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">unworthy of power;<br>I can make the light<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">obey<br>The hour of my<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">vice.<br>I am<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">in<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">each<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">bolt which must ravish<br>the intensity<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">dearer than<br>tyrant and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">venom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am<br>beneath words<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and before my death-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Talia Beckhardt misery: I left you along the shores of many months ; do you darebreak unworthy of power;I can make the light obeyThe hour of my vice.I am in each bolt which must ravishthe intensity dearer thantyrant and venom. I ambeneath words and before my death-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8216,"featured_media":2822,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2823","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\/2823","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=2823"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3200,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2823\/revisions\/3200"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}