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A Beautiful Apocalypse: A Collection Of Poems, Emily M. Kesler

Capstone Projects and Master's Theses

My project consists of three poems on the subject of life in the year 2050. These poems explore and speculate the effects that air pollution, water contamination, deforestation, the government, and the economy will have on humans living in 2050.

Linework, David Felton

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

This collection of poems engages the experience of the workplace in the changing telecommunications field.

Ice, Genesis Montalvo

First-Gen Voices: Creative and Critical Narratives on the First-Generation College Experience

Commonly known as ICE, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement works to monitor the level of illegal migration to the United States. They also are in charge of at least 40% of deportation of innocent, non-criminal immigration violators. At times, the children of these immigrants are born in the United States. As US citizens, ICE cannot deport them without violating their rights, resulting in the separation of families. This poem speaks of a young child whose mother was deported by ICE and the yearning of wanting to know where the mother is. The mix of English and Spanish reinforces the …

Oh Sinnerman, Where You Gonna Run To?, Semein Washington

Theses & Honors Papers

Semein Washington. OH SINNERMAN, WHERE YOU GONNA RUN TO? (Under the direction of Mary Carroll Hackett, MFA) Department of English and Modern Language, April 2016.

The purpose of this thesis is to examine the growth of personal identity via poetry. “Oh Sinnerman,” is a run of thirty-eight poems in which the speaker learns survival through experience, and the underpinning ideas, whether traditional or modern, for which life is preserved. In theme, the poems tend to separate his experience into personal and social humanity. In poems such as “No Good Being,” “Sunday Tennis” and “How One Loves,” personal humanity shows through …

Python Crown Girl, Jade Hurter

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

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Myth Protagonist X, Jennifer R. Hanks

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

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New Rust, Lauren Walter

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

A poetry thesis exploring issues of loss, death, creation, imagination, family, interpersonal relationships, nature, sexuality, and writing. The manuscript includes a preface that discusses literary influences such as Ai, H.D., and Sharon Olds, as well as writing in forms such as the dramatic monologue, imagistic poem, and confessional poem. Three main sections organize the manuscript's poems.

An Old Woman Bumped Her On Canal, Nordette N. Adams

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

This work is a collection of poems revolving around black or African-American identity and the intersection of feminist consciousness with racial struggle. An examination of the unknown or forgotten black woman runs through this work as well as connection to a mother figure. The poems also reflect the influence of place, particularly New Orleans, its history, its culture, and its present evolution post-Hurricane Katrina. The collection's preface includes development of a unique poetics that considers identity theories and models of the subject in light of poetic voice. The poems use caesura heavily, rhyme, and sonic echo. Poets who have influenced …

Answers Will Come, Gabrielle Wolfe

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Nesmith's Stuff, Zach Nesmith

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Pierre Avec Du Chocolat, Abdul Shabazz

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Identity Withheld 4, Dylan Bannister

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Piles, Heidi Nisbett

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Primal Scream, Philip Perry

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Dragon Bottle, Sarah Stokes

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No Feet, Kwan Fuller

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Summer House, Caroline Riley

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Serenity, Will Lattman

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Delicato I, Kwan Fuller

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Still Life Disrupted, Lindsey Bargar

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Quarterly Quitters, Sarah Kinard

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Sentiment For Evanescence, Ashley Felder

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On The Floor: Of The Earth, Nicole Davenport

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Chicken, Heidi Nisbett

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Laundry Mat Love, Elli Mcnall

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Accumulating, Joanna Henry

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Traces, Katie Law

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Casting, Chelsea Chao

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Sanctioning Of Gifts Ii, Tom Seay

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Expired, Jessie Rogers

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