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Creative Writing

Bard College

2018

Poetry

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For The Intruder In My Home, Bennett Chinsena Jan 2018

For The Intruder In My Home, Bennett Chinsena

Senior Projects Spring 2018

A collection of lyric, prose, and experimental poetry.


Inverted Pyramid This Earth, Maggie Louisa Zavgren Jan 2018

Inverted Pyramid This Earth, Maggie Louisa Zavgren

Senior Projects Spring 2018

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College


House God, Geneva Zane Jan 2018

House God, Geneva Zane

Senior Projects Spring 2018

A study of faith and its many forms, ranging from the faith a child has in dreams to the God like status of a writer and Their creation.


The Second Language: An Argument For The Superlative Authenticity Of Poetry Through The Complex Personal Relationships It Develops With Its Audiences By Way Of Truth In Metaphor, C Mandler Jan 2018

The Second Language: An Argument For The Superlative Authenticity Of Poetry Through The Complex Personal Relationships It Develops With Its Audiences By Way Of Truth In Metaphor, C Mandler

Senior Projects Spring 2018

Abstract: In this paper, I will argue that poetry allows for a kind of expression that is not found within other uses of language. This is because the poetic form is able to better lend itself to larger notions of not only truth, but also authenticity, which it achieves through the building of complex emotional engagements between a work of poetry and its audience. When discussing the authenticity of poetry, one’s personal connection to the work by way of metaphor is more truthful than the so-called literal truth one comes to when one reads something exactly as it is written—meaning …


Horizon's Door, Mackenzie Kristofco Jan 2018

Horizon's Door, Mackenzie Kristofco

Senior Projects Spring 2018

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.