{"id":2838,"date":"2026-07-08T16:57:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T20:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/?p=2838"},"modified":"2026-07-21T12:43:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T16:43:51","slug":"the-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/the-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"the spring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1566\" height=\"2505\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/the-spring-1.jpg\" alt=\"This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on page 18 of Mary Shelley\u2019s \u201cFrankenstein\u201d. The original text is mostly obscured with dark gray marker. Various green and brown collage clippings are pasted across the obscured parts of the text. The center of the page displays a collaged image of a back-view of a woman&apos;s anatomical system, with portions cut out to reveal words and phrases from the original text. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered by the gray marker markings as well, creating a new poetic message against the drawn-over and collaged background.\" class=\"wp-image-2839\" style=\"width:687px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/the-spring-1.jpg 1566w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/the-spring-1-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/the-spring-1-640x1024.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/the-spring-1-768x1229.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/the-spring-1-960x1536.jpg 960w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/the-spring-1-1280x2048.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/the-spring-1-940x1504.jpg 940w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/the-spring-1-400x640.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1566px) 100vw, 1566px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>By Grace Morris<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the spring<br>promises<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">care.<br>sensations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">pleasurable fearful,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">passionate dan-<br>gerous<br>in my<br>soul<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">is a love<br>intertwined<br>pathways and<br>unvisited regions<br>dear Shall I meet you again,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I expect<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I may receive<br>your<br>love tenderly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Grace Morris the springpromises care.sensations pleasurable fearful, passionate dan-gerousin mysoul is a loveintertwinedpathways andunvisited regionsdear Shall I meet you again, I expect I may receiveyourlove tenderly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8216,"featured_media":2837,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2838","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\/2838","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=2838"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3205,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2838\/revisions\/3205"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}