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The Lottery Of Miracles, Amelia A. Cook

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

From Amber To Darkness, Courtney J. Spencer, Courtney Spencer

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

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When Bird And Fish Fall In Love, Matthew C. Mackey

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

A work of poetry that offers a new method of poetics. By examining translation as a means of understanding relationships, this work offers a nuanced manner for the writing and experience of poetry. When Bird and Fish Fall in Love is a close examination of language, relationships, translation, and the intimacy of conflation.

Prometheus's Role Of The Poet, Sarah M. Connelly

Student Publications

This essay examines the characterization of Prometheus in the opening speech of Prometheus Unbound, by Percy Shelley, through the lens of Shelley’s “Defense of Poetry” in order to argue Prometheus’ existence as a poet. By giving humanity wisdom and bridging the gap between logic and compassion, Prometheus becomes the point from which imagination, beauty, art, and poetry stems. Prometheus’ role developed into a model of morality and love in contrast to the fear and spite of Zeus, whose influence is reflected in the evils of mankind. Yet, through the torturous reign of Zeus, Prometheus transcends his hate by retracting his …

Seam And Symmetry, Mark Anthony Cayanan

English Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Witch Hazel Advent, The Story Of An Ozark Poet, Sarah Moore Chyrchel

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The goal of this Master's thesis project was to document the life of my maternal step-grandfather, John Ross Rule, in a visually compelling manner. Using equipment provided by the Lemke Department of Journalism at the University of Arkansas, I shot and edited a half hour long documentary film comprised of interviews and footage of John at his home near Winslow, Arkansas. John is a talented poet, and segments of his poetry are woven throughout the film.

The inspiration for this project is deeply rooted in place: the remote farmstead in the Boston Mountains of northwestern Arkansas that my grandparents called …

The Longest Night, Ted Olson

ETSU Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

Showgirl, Meg Johnson

Meg Johnson

No abstract provided.

Darwish And The Meaning Of Palestine, Leila Farsakh

Leila Farsakh

Darwish's poetry was a central part of what is to be a Palestinian and to be an Arab. By weaving the personal and the political, Darwish gave a voice to the Palestinian struggle for self determination, as much as to the human inner quest for love and survival. I grew up learning his poems, hearing them sung by famous Arab singers, repeated in worldwide demonstrations of solidarity with the Palestinian people. His departure left me, and a whole generation of Arabs, deeply bereaved for his death represented not simply the loss of a great poet, but also the necessity to …

Novc2012, Robert Kelly

Robert Kelly Manuscripts

Unpublished manuscript dated November 7-10, 2012 from Robert Kelly Archive

Novb2012, Robert Kelly

Robert Kelly Manuscripts

Unpublished manuscript dated November 4-7, 2012 from Robert Kelly Archive

Nova2012, Robert Kelly

Robert Kelly Manuscripts

Unpublished manuscript from November 1-3, 2012 from Robert Kelly Archive

Novh2012, Robert Kelly

Robert Kelly Manuscripts

From November 2012 in Robert Kelly Archive

Novi2012, Robert Kelly

Robert Kelly Manuscripts

From November 2012 in Robert Kelly Archive

Novf2012, Robert Kelly

Robert Kelly Manuscripts

From November 2012 in Robert Kelly Archive

Novg2012, Robert Kelly

Robert Kelly Manuscripts

From November 2012 in Robert Kelly Archive

Kreuzberg/Calvary, Utz Rachowski, Michael Ritterson

German Studies Faculty Publications

Utz Rachowski's poem "Kreuzberg," first published in 1995, appears here in English translation surrounded by the work of much younger talents.

Auctioned, Sophia K. Reid

Student Publications

This poem, Auctioned, is about slaves who were severely punished simply because of their skin tone. The setting of the poem is in the early 1800s. This poem vividly describes the hanging, whipping, and shooting of slaves.

Crosscurrents: Fall 2012, Associated Students Of The University Of Puget Sound

Crosscurrents

No abstract provided.

No Man’S Land, Kelsey C. Boyce

Student Publications

This poem is inspired by a set of letters between Jes Jerry Jessen and his sister Helen during his time as a soldier during World War I.

Refractions: Poems Through The Prism Of Proscription, Kayla Ahmed

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

The chief aim of this study is to establish a working knowledge of contemporary Tibetan poetry and attain a sense of its development both chronologically and through displacement via diaspora. This is achieved by a brief analytical comparison between traditional and modern forms of Tibetan poetry on the basis of structure, language, content, themes, functions and uses. The frustration between the desire for cultural preservation and the desire for innovation within the Tibetan exile community is also explored. Ultimately this coalesces in a collection of original poetry that reflects the elements of contemporary Tibetan poetry and the pain of life …

The Candle, Winston Langley

Winston E. Langley

This is a keynote statement by Winston Langley, Provost, Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs, and Professor of International Relations at UMass Boston, opening the special 2009 issue of Human Architecture: Journal of the Sociology of Self-Knowledge dedicated to the memory and poetry of Mahmoud Darwish (1941-2008), the national poet of Palestine. In Provost Langley's view this issue of the journal merits the qualifying expression "special," because of the person it seeks to honor, the grounds that have invited that honor, the included voices of those who have sought to be part of this honoring, and the underlying spirit of the …

Rival, Meg Johnson

Meg Johnson

No abstract provided.

Explicating Poetry: Shakespeare's Sonnet 46, Adam Kotlarczyk

Adam Kotlarczyk

The term “explication” comes from a Latin participle of explico, which means to “unfold” or “disentangle.” The term is often applied to philosophy and to literature; in literature, it has become a procedure very important to New Criticism. In the process of explication, a reader forges a detailed analysis of the structural and figurative components within a work, focusing on ambiguities, multiple possibilities of interpretation, and interrelationships between various elements of the text. This lesson introduces students to explication through the reading of a complex poem, practice explicating it as a class, and reading a model explication about the poem. …

After Hearing The News, Michael C. Vocino

michael c vocino

A poem written after hearing the news of the death of a long ago friend.

Carnival, Jason Bredle

University of Akron Press Publications

Jason Bredle's poems approach the world like a haunted cat approaches a glacier, curious and itchy with strangeness. In Carnival, he skates paratactically between states of being: levity, heart-holes, licks of darkness, lovesickness and werewolfishness. Bredle's gift as a poet is to traverse and re-traverse one looking glass in ten different moods. When he goes through it, we are taken. -Melissa Broder

Patriotically Torn And Tattered, Holly Butchyk

Holly Butchyk

No abstract provided.

Lady In The Grass, Meg Johnson

Meg Johnson

No abstract provided.

At West Lake, Morning Postcard, After Visiting Tiantai Mountain, Alan Soldofsky

Faculty Publications, English and Comparative Literature

No abstract provided.

At West Lake, Morning Postcard, After Visiting Tiantai Mountain, Alan Soldofsky

Alan Soldofsky

No abstract provided.