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The First Flowers Of Spring, Gretel Valdes

Senior Theses

This creative writing thesis contains a series of poems by Gretel Valdes.

I.

• Pillowtalk
• Autumnal Hues
• Mis Cejas
• Intimacy
• Without You, in San Francisco
• Sundown of Person

II.

• drinking honey with the bees
• The Lady of Crescent Lake
• A Collection of 2 am Thoughts
• Cold Feet
• Another Year of Thankfulness
• My Grandfather’s First Time in the ICU
• For Oregon Where I Have Yet to Fall in Love

III.

• The First Flower of Spring
• A Dandelion Before the Wind
• Weightless
• Aubade to the Other Woman
• To Denica
• Someday Soon

IV.

• Recovery
• Anxiety
• On the first girl I ever kissed
• Drinks I …

The Role Of Light In Creating Space, Tor Strand

Senior Theses

This creative writing thesis contains a series of poems by Tor Strand.

Light

• The Role of Light in Creating Space
• A Light
• 99 and Brumback Street
• Tell Me The Precise Size of That World
• Sunday Creation, Lutheran Church
• Wood Chips
• What Remains
• Audenhaus
• Ex Nihilo, Celebration

Blood

• Burnt Rubber
• little spell with jaw and colosseum
• Recipe Writing on Birch Bark
• Portage Lake, Late March
• The Contents of Fire
• Name Me
• little spell with backbone
• Wash Bay
• My Attic
• Still Life: Grandfather and Saint

Body

• Two Years of Collected Light
• so we were
• Cornucopia
• little spell, little ray
• Distance
• Don't Touch …

Thoughts And Prayers, Christopher T. Keaveney

Faculty Publications

This poem by Christopher T. Keaveney originally appeared in Clementine Unbound.

Peach Blossom Spring, Christopher T. Keaveney

Faculty Publications

This poem by Chris Keaveney originally appeared in Anapest.

On Slim Whitman And How Irony Entered The World, Christopher T. Keaveney

Faculty Publications

This poem by Christopher T. Keaveney originally appeared in The Ekphrastic Review.

You Will Hear Each Question Only Once, Christopher T. Keaveney

Faculty Publications

This poem by Christopher Keaveney originally appeared in Ink.

How Not To Cull Wild Horses, Christopher T. Keaveney

Faculty Publications

This poem by Christopher T. Keaveney was first published in MockingHeart Review.

Lesbian Love Sonnets: Adrienne Rich And Carol Ann Duffy, Robin Seiler-Garman

Senior Theses

Our conceptualization of sexuality is rooted in gender. Modern, western society defines sexuality as which genders one is and is not attracted to—often appearing as a binary between homosexuality and heterosexuality. Recently, however, queer theorists have begun to push against the idea of binary sexuality altogether.

The interplay between gender and sexuality additionally manifests in the history of literature. Because the two are so intimately intertwined, writing about sexuality necessitates writing about gender. Twenty-One Love Poems by Adrienne Rich and Rapture by Carol Ann Duffy are two poetry collections where, as lesbian poets, gender and sexuality play an important role. …

Distinguished Poet José Angel Araguz: The Interview, José Angel Araguz, A. Molotkov, John Sibley Williams

Faculty Publications

This interview with poet José Angel Araguz originally appeared in The Inflectionist Review.

Wish, Joe Wilkins

Faculty Publications

This poem by Joe Wilkins originally appeared in Blackbird.