What Is A Fairytale,
2016
University of the Pacific
Father's 86th Birthday,
2016
Bryant University
Father's 86th Birthday, Douglas K. Currier
Bryant Literary Review
He wonders why he should go another year.
He can barely walk; he can't grip with his hands
Elegy For Galway Kinnell,
2016
Bryant University
Elegy For Galway Kinnell, David O'Connell
Bryant Literary Review
November, the first snowfall, a confectionary sugar,
is turning now to sleet, the evening's tempo quickening
Funky Fresh,
2016
Bryant University
Funky Fresh, Ryan Girard
Bryant Literary Review
Warm lights flash
Scuffs of roller skates litter the dance floor
Inherent Vice,
2016
Bryant University
Inherent Vice, Brennan D'Elena
Bryant Literary Review
The sun sets, pages age, leaves wither away.
Glass shatters, candy melts, eggs break, ponds dry.
This Man's Life,
2016
Bryant University
This Man's Life, Brian Daldorph
Bryant Literary Review
If only for a short time
a man has all that he wants:
Escape,
2016
Bryant University
Escape, Dolores Redfearn
Bryant Literary Review
Mambo sounds provoke the silence, waking the sleepwalkers in the street below.
Laundry,
2016
Bryant University
Laundry, Will Walker
Bryant Literary Review
It's what separates us from the beasts.
Plato did not say I only wear
the idea of laundry;
Laundromat,
2016
Bryant University
Laundromat, Sheila Golburgh Johnson
Bryant Literary Review
Out of the washer
endlessly swirling,
damp and wrinkled
and knotted from harsh
With Birds Flying Below Her,
2016
Bryant University
With Birds Flying Below Her, Patricia O'Donnell
Bryant Literary Review
Where Muriel wants to be is sitting on a terrace, one on a mountain with a view of the ocean.
A Fifth Of Old Crow,
2016
Bryant University
A Fifth Of Old Crow, Mitch Lescarbeau
Bryant Literary Review
Feathers black as an undertaker's wingtips,
he struts resplendent with a monocle and a walking stick
Monastery,
2016
Bryant University
Monastery, Marc Harshman
Bryant Literary Review
Inside the cloistered quiet the men dug vegetables
and listened for God
The Man Who Will Perform My Colonoscopy,
2016
Bryant University
The Man Who Will Perform My Colonoscopy, Charles Harper Webb
Bryant Literary Review
As I slouch in the shower, drained by fear
and laxatives, does he look forward to a day
Love Match,
2016
Bryant University
Love Match, Ann Robinson
Bryant Literary Review
Beast with cufflinks and condoms,
studmuffin with biceps a woman could climb,
Older Brother,
2016
Bryant University
Older Brother, Thomas A. West, Jr.
Bryant Literary Review
As a child I wondered
what the lobster saw in the last second
before it flopped twisting into boiling
The Higher Faith,
2016
Bryant University
The Higher Faith, Elton Glaser
Bryant Literary Review
New Orleans, August 2005
When the floodwaters licked at our ankles
And wind prowled around the house,
Whistler's Mother,
2016
Bryant University
Whistler's Mother, Lisa Starr
Bryant Literary Review
"Why I are you whistling?" I ask.
Have I been? He replies.
Is it annoying?
Lost Weight,
2016
Augustana College, Rock Island Illinois
Constellations – A Space In Time That’S Filled With Moving,
2016
Edith Cowan University
Constellations – A Space In Time That’S Filled With Moving, Deanne Leber
Theses: Doctorates and Masters
Constellations in the sky have been a source of inspiration, in both science and literature, for aeons. Working within the constraints of the ‘official’ 88 constellations, as devised by the International Astronomical Union, this study involved researching the myths and histories of constellations, and then creating a collection of poems based upon those. Thematic connections between the eight modern constellation “families” or groups of constellations were explored and it is in these groupings that the poems work, to tie together, through experimentations with language, a somewhat cohesive fabric of poetry.
Each constellation consists of three poems. The first is a …
The Public Vs. The Private,
2016
Augustana College
The Public Vs. The Private, Elise "Alice" G. Roberson
Audre Lorde Prize
No abstract provided.
