{"id":2967,"date":"2026-07-13T14:14:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T18:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/?p=2967"},"modified":"2026-07-21T13:22:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T17:22:35","slug":"in-silent-gentle-grief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/in-silent-gentle-grief\/","title":{"rendered":"in \/ silent \/ gentle \/ grief"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2409\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/in-silent-gentle-grief-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"This image shows a blackout poetry piece created from a page of Mary Shelley\u2019s \u201cFrankenstein\u201d. The page has been pasted onto a collaged background which appears to form the shape of a house. The majority of the original text has been drawn over with black marker. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered, creating a new poetic message against the collaged background.\" class=\"wp-image-2968\" style=\"width:687px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/in-silent-gentle-grief-1-scaled.jpg 2409w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/in-silent-gentle-grief-1-282x300.jpg 282w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/in-silent-gentle-grief-1-964x1024.jpg 964w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/in-silent-gentle-grief-1-768x816.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/in-silent-gentle-grief-1-1445x1536.jpg 1445w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/in-silent-gentle-grief-1-1927x2048.jpg 1927w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/in-silent-gentle-grief-1-940x999.jpg 940w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/in-silent-gentle-grief-1-400x425.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2409px) 100vw, 2409px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>By Kat Jercich<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">in<br>silent<br>gentle<br>grief<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">one dear<br>wide ocean;<br>I should have been happy<br>brother<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How can I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">disguise<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the language of my<br>heart;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One man<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kat Jercich insilentgentlegrief one dearwide ocean;I should have been happybrother How can I disguise the language of myheart; One man<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8216,"featured_media":2966,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2967","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\/2967","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=2967"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3234,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2967\/revisions\/3234"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}