Promethia 2018-19,
2019
Oral Roberts University
"Are You There, Dog? It's Me, Riley": Poems,
2019
Santa Clara University
"Are You There, Dog? It's Me, Riley": Poems, Riley Christine O'Connell
Canterbury Scholars
The end product of Riley O'Connell's Canterbury Fellowship, these poems, ranging in topic from family and loss to love and dogs, were composed over the course of Riley's four years at SCU, included but not limited to her time at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford University, where she taught creative writing therapy for her Canterbury.
Writing On Basho's Pond,
2019
University of North Florida
Writing On Basho's Pond, Clark Lunberry
English Faculty Research and Scholarship
Matsuo Bashō (1644–94) is Japan’s most well-known haiku poet; and Bashō’s poem about the old pond, the jumping frog, and the sound of water is Bashō’s best-known haiku. Indeed, this haiku, like Bashō himself, is known well beyond Japan, long ago attaining through its many translations a degree of international recognition. However, in Japan, awareness of Bashō, and of his frog haiku, goes well beyond simple recognition, having long ago absorbed itself into a broader and more complex form of remembrance and, with that absorption, a nearly reflexive response by many of those hearing it. Often, the mere mention of …
Poem Begun On The Day Of My Father's Funeral And Completed On The First Day Of The New Year,
2019
University of San Francisco
Poem Begun On The Day Of My Father's Funeral And Completed On The First Day Of The New Year, Dean Rader
English
No abstract provided.
Du Fu And Chinese Poetic Expression: How Politics, Nature, And Self Become One,
2019
Grant High School
Du Fu And Chinese Poetic Expression: How Politics, Nature, And Self Become One, Binhnam Nguyen
Young Historians Conference
The Tang Dynasty poet Du Fu introduced a new style of writing to Chinese poetry with his new interpretation of how to write poetry and for what purpose it can serve. Living in the midst of political turmoil, Du drew inspiration from the instability and used poetry as a means of expressing his anguish, but nationalist sentiments that wished for the prosperity of China. His different stylistic approach to poetry personalized the art of poetic writing and changed its language to express something more lyrical and with feeling. Du’s role in changing the course of Chinese poetic expression can be …
Letras 11,
2019
Valparaiso University
Clean Slate,
2019
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Clean Slate, Richard Dinges Jr.
Westview
No one wonders why we return each morning, eyes half-shuddered, mouths yawning
On The Move,
2019
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
On The Move, Jack Cooper
Westview
Arriving I caught the bus to the beach under a blue and white sky and sat behind five or six riders
Your Girlfriend Is A Boozy Animorph,
2019
Delgado Community College
Your Girlfriend Is A Boozy Animorph, Henry D. Goldkamp
Westview
My shadow nearly dodges your ghost for an iced glass, again a gin to toast.
A Certain Age,
2019
Southeastern Louisiana University
A Certain Age, Anne Babson
Westview
The body churns out its red butter every Twenty-eight days but spends the whole cow to do it. The skin still glows a little, but blood vessels ruddy As the spaceship face fissures, approaching warp speed.
Ballad Of St. Stephen's Green,
2019
Freelance
Ballad Of St. Stephen's Green, James B. Nicola
Westview
While loitering in St. Stephen’s Green, Watching the youth pass by, I spied an elder gentleman In a blue suit and bright tie
Beetles In Moonlight,
2019
University of Minnesota
Beetles In Moonlight, Gordon Grice
Westview
This rooted cliff is riddled and pocked. On August nights, you can watch the moonlight clatter into shards that move apart and come together to couple.
Blimps Are Cool,
2019
Cameron University
Blimps Are Cool, Molly Sizer
Westview
Today we saw the Goodyear Blimp. It flew above the roofs of town.
Carved Door,
2019
Iowa State University
Carved Door, Dennis Ross
Westview
I stagger with a heavy door, thick, ancient oak with six carved panels: a dove, a plow, flowers, wreathed acanthus leaves.
Health Care,
2019
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Health Care, Dick Bentley
Westview
On this hill, in this clump of trees at the edge of the golf course, I sit with the wind swaying the daisies.
If Ever,
2019
Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
If Ever, Dilvin Işiki
Westview
If ever this sadness unbraces the ties between me and you, I’ll hang myself to your happiness;
Midnight Run To Nacogdoches,
2019
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Midnight Run To Nacogdoches, Robert L. Penick
Westview
He is sitting in a fast food restaurant, pining for a woman who has never had an original thought in her life. It is Christmas Eve, and she is five hundred miles away, celebrating with her new in-laws. He is a damned fool, but hasn’t quite realized it yet.
Naming Southwest Oklahoma,
2019
Cameron University
Naming Southwest Oklahoma, Molly Sizer
Westview
Young Andrew Carnegie invested years steeling money; in his old age, he built imposing music halls on the east coast and libraries in rural towns out west.
The Choice Is Mine,
2019
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
The Choice Is Mine, John Grey
Westview
I wear mismatched clothes, fill the sink with dirty dishes, sit and watch football on the TV until all hours
The Overview Effect,
2019
University of Southern Mississippi
The Overview Effect, Todd Osborne
Dissertations
The following poems were completed by the author between September 2015 and February 2019.
