{"id":2863,"date":"2026-07-08T17:36:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T21:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/?p=2863"},"modified":"2026-07-21T12:55:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T16:55:48","slug":"my-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/my-father\/","title":{"rendered":"my father"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1575\" height=\"2511\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/my-father-1.jpg\" alt=\"This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on a page with a header reading &quot;9.12.2025&quot;. The page is predominantly painted over with a gradient of blue, peach, red, and gold marker. Various images have been collaged across the obscured parts of the text. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered, creating a new poetic message against the colorful background.\" class=\"wp-image-2864\" style=\"width:687px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/my-father-1.jpg 1575w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/my-father-1-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/my-father-1-642x1024.jpg 642w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/my-father-1-768x1224.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/my-father-1-963x1536.jpg 963w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/my-father-1-1285x2048.jpg 1285w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/my-father-1-940x1499.jpg 940w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/my-father-1-400x638.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1575px) 100vw, 1575px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>By Bitua Ryu<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">my father with a look of<br>despair,<br>retired to our house<br>shut the gates<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was now free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I left to pursue<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">peace<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was tempted to<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">love<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I wept bitterly, and wished<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">hope.<br>I lived in fear,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">all was not over<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I wished to extinguish that life<br>When I reflected on my<br>pilgrimage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Bitua Ryu my father with a look ofdespair,retired to our houseshut the gates I was now free. I left to pursue peace I was tempted to love I wept bitterly, and wished hope.I lived in fear, all was not over I wished to extinguish that lifeWhen I reflected on mypilgrimage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8216,"featured_media":2862,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2863","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\/2863","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=2863"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3215,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2863\/revisions\/3215"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}