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The Rebuff Of Discovery: A Collection Of Poems, Kayla M. Ireson 2015 East Tennessee State University

The Rebuff Of Discovery: A Collection Of Poems, Kayla M. Ireson

Undergraduate Honors Theses

This creative thesis is a retelling of events as a collection of poems. Struggling with mental illness most of my life, I base most of my writing in this odd juxtaposition—the struggle for life alternating with my delight in its splendor. I find myself writing about the most challenging times in my life along with the most magnificent.

The critical introduction explores and elaborates on the context and influences of my writing. Every line of poetry on every page has been a journey of reconciliation with my past and present—a journey deciphering who I am among all the leftovers of …


“The Bedroom And The Barnyard: Zoomorphic Lust Through Territory, Procedure, And Shelter In ‘The Miller’S Tale’” & Haunchebones, Danielle N. Byington 2015 East Tennessee State University

“The Bedroom And The Barnyard: Zoomorphic Lust Through Territory, Procedure, And Shelter In ‘The Miller’S Tale’” & Haunchebones, Danielle N. Byington

Undergraduate Honors Theses

“The Bedroom and the Barnyard: Zoomorphic Lust Through Territory, Procedure, and Shelter in ‘The Miller’s Tale’” is an academic endeavor that takes Chaucer’s zoomorphic metaphors and similes and analyzes them in a sense that reveals the chaos of what is human and what is animal tendency. The academic work is expressed in the adjunct creative project, Haunchebones, a 10-minute drama that echoes the tale and its zoomorphic influences, while presenting the content in a stylized play influenced by Theatre of the Absurd and artwork from the medieval and early renaissance period.


The Recognition Of Micro Poetry As A Literary Art Form Across Time And Culture, Kaitlyn M. Dahle 2015 East Tennessee State University

The Recognition Of Micro Poetry As A Literary Art Form Across Time And Culture, Kaitlyn M. Dahle

Undergraduate Honors Theses

My creative thesis, titled, The Recognition of Micro Poetry as a Literary Art Form across Time and Culture, is on micro poetry and its prevalence in the literary world of today and throughout history with examples of writings from past authors, like Emily Dickinson and William Carlos Williams and even as far back as Ancient Greece’s Sappho. Examples of my own micro poetry are included in the thesis. The period followed by two dashes, or .//, mark the beginning of each micro poem I have written. The poems end with one single dash, or /, and each poem is …


The Dictionary, Ace Boggess 2015 Bryant University

The Dictionary, Ace Boggess

Bryant Literary Review

I keep a dictionary by my bed
in case a word is spoken when I dream


Modern Peasantry, Mark Smith 2015 Bryant University

Modern Peasantry, Mark Smith

Bryant Literary Review

Are you not yet cognizant,
my people, of how your television


Hoo Doo Interests, Allison Whittenberg 2015 Bryant University

Hoo Doo Interests, Allison Whittenberg

Bryant Literary Review

MaMa Fontaine stirs gumbo in a big rusty pot
telling me that joy is squashing a pregnant roach


A Scarlet Tanager Alights On A Branch, John Grey 2015 Bryant University

A Scarlet Tanager Alights On A Branch, John Grey

Bryant Literary Review

The stopping, admiring,
is all on my side.


***, Daria Ivanova 2015 Lindenwood University

***, Daria Ivanova

Arrow Rock

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About To Melt The Sky, Mai Urai 2015 Lindenwood University

About To Melt The Sky, Mai Urai

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10-42, Blake Fields 2015 Lindenwood University

10-42, Blake Fields

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A Day In The Life: The Tale Of Dr. Capitillar, Danyelle Pullens 2015 Lindenwood University

A Day In The Life: The Tale Of Dr. Capitillar, Danyelle Pullens

Arrow Rock

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Believing, You’Ll See, Emily Bounds 2015 Lindenwood University

Believing, You’Ll See, Emily Bounds

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Danse Russe, Danyelle Pullens 2015 Lindenwood University

Danse Russe, Danyelle Pullens

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Jimmy, Abby Edele 2015 Lindenwood University

Jimmy, Abby Edele

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Edele Family Vacation 2014: Wisconsin, Abby Edele 2015 Lindenwood University

Edele Family Vacation 2014: Wisconsin, Abby Edele

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Silk, Isaac White 2015 Lindenwood University

Silk, Isaac White

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Flatline, Blake Fields 2015 Lindenwood University

Flatline, Blake Fields

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Bookstore Limericks, Abby Edele 2015 Lindenwood University

Bookstore Limericks, Abby Edele

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Vagabond Spirit, Hannah Lawson 2015 Lindenwood University

Vagabond Spirit, Hannah Lawson

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St. Valentine, Isaac White 2015 Lindenwood University

St. Valentine, Isaac White

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