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An Accusation Of A Vacancy Sign, Emily Solberg

The Oval

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Pastels, Jayne Albrecht

The Oval

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Pressure Cooker, Julia Burkhart

The Oval

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Untitled, Sampo Hall

The Oval

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The Fall, Luke Larkin

The Oval

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Unb, Vanessa Desoto

The Oval

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Remain Seated: A Collection Of Poetry, Alyssa Marie Radtke

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

This is a collection of neo-confessional poetry concerning how place memory, disability, anxiety, and family affect the life life of a twenty-something with Cerebral Palsy.

The Day, The Pain, The Plough, Faith Thompson

Poetry MFA Theses

A collection of poetry focusing on such issues as womanhood and religion.

Brennan, Mary Kate (Fa 1284), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1284. Student interview conducted by Mary Kate Brennan with renowned Appalachian poet Jim Wayne Miller. Brennan’s focus throughout the interview is on “the cultural sensitivity and awareness that permeates Miller’s poetry.” Miller also touches on what he considers to be the central themes of his work, the struggles and triumphs of communities within the Appalachian region, and pride in cultural heritage. The collection contains a detailed index, interview summary, transcription, index cards with questions, and a reel-to-reel audio tape of the interview.

The Shadow And The Song, Talena Michele Mcneely

Student Theses and Dissertations

Throughout this creative thesis, I explore multiple themes such as love, sex, family, identity, mental illness, and loss in free verse form. Most of these poems are derived from personal experience, but I combine fantastical and/or surreal elements with my memories to distort them. Due to my academic background in analyzing modern and postmodern literature, my own work draws from similar manipulations of structure, language, and symbolism. I hope these opposing images and ideas come together to create simple but unique texts. In my critical introduction, I explore the history of free verse poetry and the nature of configuring lineation …

The Amygdala Era: Emotion And Experience In Memoir, Meagan Shelley

Senior Honors Theses

Amygdala Era is a culmination of short memoirs and brief poetry designed to express a stream of consciousness state of emotion over logic. The work utilizes base, primal parts of the mind such as happiness, sadness, and fear, and dissipates into the emotion and memory that is experienced daily. This is achieved through a focus on creative writing theory including stream of consciousness, interior monologue, and free indirect discourse. Amygdala Era synthesizes the techniques, strategies, and methodology of these three theories by examining past literary examples from world history. Analysis of the targeted market for Amygdala Era is detailed based …

Sink Hollow Volume 7

Sink Hollow

This issue marks my last as both an undergraduate student and as Sink Hollow's Editor-in-Chief. I have been with this precious publication since I was a freshman, new and green in the creative writing world.

My time with Sink Hollow has been invaluable. It has given me a deep appreciation for the vulnerability of creators and writers alike who share their work with us. It is terrifying to not only bring your creativity into actuality, but to share it publicly for the world to see. I have sat back in awe through every submission period at the bravery of all …

Advocating For The Use Of Poetry And Mixed Media Work In Analytic Processes, Jason D. Dehart

The Qualitative Report

As part of my analytical process of looking at data collected from a pilot study on the use of film in the classroom, I discovered that I had the space to engage in a creative analysis process. In this article, I propose that creative methods be employed when analyzing data. An arts-based approach to research (Barone & Eisner, 1997) led to two creative products for my research: Poetry, which has been used with research in the past (Cahnmann, 2003; McCullis, 2013) and mixed media. This article explores relevant literature about integrating poetry and other arts into analysis and serves to …

Boyd, John Allen, 1938?-2017 (Sc 3394), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3394. Poems written by John Allen Boyd, a WKU graduate, teacher, and resident of Louisville, Kentucky. One collection is bound in pamphlet form and inscribed to WKU faculty member Frances Richards; others are included, with commentary, in a graduate project entitled “Experiments in Verse and Poetry” and written for an advanced composition class at WKU.

Luther's Small Haiku, Jaron Melin

Grapho : Concordia Seminary Student Journal

Poetry composed by Jaron Melin.

Carnivore, Shelby Metz

The Oval

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Smoke For Divinity, You, Gill Ritchie

The Oval

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Bugs, Tyler Brown

The Oval

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Deep Burn Blue, Erin Sargent

The Oval

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Me And It, 2, Gill Ritchie

The Oval

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The House Is Yellow, Kaelyn Kaftan

The Oval

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Samsara, Joseph Valley

The Oval

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The View From My Back Porch, Erin Goudreau

The Oval

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That Thing, Rose Gitlin

The Oval

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This House, Dillon Knuffke

The Oval

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A Triptych Of Hymns, Kyle Ronchetto

Grapho : Concordia Seminary Student Journal

Poetry composed by Kyle Ronchetto.

No. 1451, Groaning, Garrick Sinclair Beckett

Grapho : Concordia Seminary Student Journal

Poetry composed by Garrick (Ricky) Sinclair Beckett.

The Alligator's Smile And Other Poems, Phyllis Rosen

Children's Book and Media Review

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Freakboy, Abigail Packard

Children's Book and Media Review

When you go to the doctor’s office for an immunization you might not be thinking about the significance of that little poke, but there is so much more to it than you’d imagine. In Vaccination Investigation, Tara Haelle digs into the history and science behind vaccinations—how they work, why they’re important, and what happens when people refuse them. She also talks about the deeply historical origins of inoculation, the threat of deadly pathogens, and our world’s future as far as infectious diseases are concerned.

Jazz, Hannah Webb

Children's Book and Media Review

Jazz is a colorful poetry picture book that gives readers a look into the exciting world of jazz music. The book starts off with a brief introduction of the rich history of jazz. It draws on that history through a series of poems. These poems depict all things jazz, from styles to musical instruments to prominent musicians. This book not only encourages readers to appreciate jazz but to understand its profound history. Myers provides a glossary of jazz terms used in the poetry found at the end of the book, as well as a timeline of important jazz events ranging …