{"id":3084,"date":"2016-12-30T10:27:58","date_gmt":"2016-12-30T15:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/?p=3084"},"modified":"2016-12-30T18:32:15","modified_gmt":"2016-12-30T23:32:15","slug":"devon-balwit-in-the-darkroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/?p=3084","title":{"rendered":"Devon Balwit: “In the Darkroom”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Devon Balwit<\/span><\/h1>\n

In the Darkroom<\/span><\/h2>\n

You clamped the negative and the blank sheet<\/span>
\n<\/span>into the enlarger, mysterious<\/span><\/p>\n

with dials, right hand working the wands<\/span>
\nthat let just enough light<\/span><\/p>\n

fall on the naked page for the features to ghost,<\/span>
\nperfect, from the developer<\/span><\/p>\n

before you slid them into the sour fixative,<\/span>
\npinning them with rubber tongs
\n<\/span>
\nuntil they would remain forever, all of us bathed<\/span>
\nin ghoulish red, lit from within. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Devon Balwit<\/span><\/strong> writes her poems on a laptop in Portland, OR, precariously perched on a\u00a0<\/span>stack of books in front of her small window onto the world.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Devon Balwit In the Darkroom You clamped the negative and the blank sheet into the enlarger, mysterious with dials, right hand working the wands that let just enough light fall on the naked page for the features to ghost, perfect, from the developer before you slid them into the sour fixative, pinning them with rubber […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}},"_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0},"categories":[9],"tags":[316],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\nDevon Balwit: "In the Darkroom" - One Sentence Poems<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/osp\/?p=3084\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Devon Balwit: "In the Darkroom" - One Sentence Poems\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Devon Balwit In the Darkroom You clamped the negative and the blank sheet into the enlarger, mysterious with dials, right hand working the wands that let just enough light fall on the naked page for the features to ghost, perfect, from the developer before you slid them into the sour fixative, pinning them with rubber […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/osp\/?p=3084\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"One Sentence Poems\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-12-30T15:27:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-12-30T23:32:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dale Wisely\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dale Wisely\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/osp\/?p=3084\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/osp\/?p=3084\",\"name\":\"Devon Balwit: \\\"In the Darkroom\\\" - One Sentence Poems\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-12-30T15:27:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-12-30T23:32:15+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/#\/schema\/person\/08c13e656ffd5e0c83febe0b64fbb1e9\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/osp\/?p=3084#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/osp\/?p=3084\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/osp\/?p=3084#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Devon Balwit: “In the Darkroom”\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/\",\"name\":\"One Sentence Poems\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/#\/schema\/person\/08c13e656ffd5e0c83febe0b64fbb1e9\",\"name\":\"Dale Wisely\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b0cba4a21c5c6e9c52912ec9311361db?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b0cba4a21c5c6e9c52912ec9311361db?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Dale Wisely\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Devon Balwit: \"In the Darkroom\" - One Sentence Poems","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/osp\/?p=3084","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Devon Balwit: \"In the Darkroom\" - One Sentence Poems","og_description":"Devon Balwit In the Darkroom You clamped the negative and the blank sheet into the enlarger, mysterious with dials, right hand working the wands that let just enough light fall on the naked page for the features to ghost, perfect, from the developer before you slid them into the sour fixative, pinning them with rubber […]","og_url":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/osp\/?p=3084","og_site_name":"One Sentence Poems","article_published_time":"2016-12-30T15:27:58+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-12-30T23:32:15+00:00","author":"Dale Wisely","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dale Wisely"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/osp\/?p=3084","url":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/osp\/?p=3084","name":"Devon Balwit: \"In the Darkroom\" - One Sentence Poems","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2016-12-30T15:27:58+00:00","dateModified":"2016-12-30T23:32:15+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/#\/schema\/person\/08c13e656ffd5e0c83febe0b64fbb1e9"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/osp\/?p=3084#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/osp\/?p=3084"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/osp\/?p=3084#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Devon Balwit: “In the Darkroom”"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/","name":"One Sentence Poems","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/#\/schema\/person\/08c13e656ffd5e0c83febe0b64fbb1e9","name":"Dale Wisely","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b0cba4a21c5c6e9c52912ec9311361db?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b0cba4a21c5c6e9c52912ec9311361db?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","caption":"Dale Wisely"},"url":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/?author=1"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4jaTw-NK","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3084"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3084"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3093,"href":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3084\/revisions\/3093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}