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Threshold, Leah Vahjen Jan 2016

Threshold, Leah Vahjen

Theses and Dissertations

This senior thesis details an exploration by Leah V into spaces and places in time—be they emotional or physical—in which an important boundary has been crossed, thereby removing the possibility of returning to that space or place. The critical introduction for this collection of poems by Leah V focuses on the esteemed voices of Robert Penn Warren and Seamus Heaney, two men whose poetry has been, and continues to be, highly influential in Leah’s own poetic quest.


The Appetizer And Other Poems, Sam Blomberg Jan 2016

The Appetizer And Other Poems, Sam Blomberg

CMC Senior Theses

Thrust into a world of poetry, I’ve grown to embrace the poetic lens. Each topos, each trope, each rhyme, each cliché, each morning morning’s minion, each reduction to a state of almost savage torpor, each nightingale, each ode to an obscure, inanimate object, and every single Stella of the skies holds special significance hidden to the naked eye. Not insamuch as something undiscoverable upon ponderance. Rather, a way to contemplate the physical. The Ah, Sunflower! reaction. That is not to say that poets have a supernatural eyesight to certain beautiful images. My eyes do not see any more dandelion puffs …


How Much & How Often, Rachel Richardson Jan 2016

How Much & How Often, Rachel Richardson

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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“Yellow Crowfoot In The Pond,/Not Lotus, Not Lily”: Mapping The River, Mapping Voices, Pamela J. Rader Jan 2016

“Yellow Crowfoot In The Pond,/Not Lotus, Not Lily”: Mapping The River, Mapping Voices, Pamela J. Rader

Asian American Literature: Discourses & Pedagogies

This paper examines the prosody of Chin’s eponymous poem, "The Phoenix Gone, The Terrace Empty," through an eco-critical lens. While it does not dismiss the hybrid cultural influences of the poem, it focuses on the ways the non-human agents, or the figures in the poem’s landscape, “speak.” Poetry, like the poem’s terraced gardens, traces tension between the controlling human forces experienced by the narrating female I personas and the natural world’s affective inclinations.


Creativity And Illness: An Anecdotal Exploration Of A Writing Practice; Coming Undone: A Collection Of Poems & A Thesis As An Anecdotal Exploration Of A Writing Practice, Matthew Patrick Roberts Jan 2016

Creativity And Illness: An Anecdotal Exploration Of A Writing Practice; Coming Undone: A Collection Of Poems & A Thesis As An Anecdotal Exploration Of A Writing Practice, Matthew Patrick Roberts

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

This thesis combines both creative and critical writing in an exploration of creativity and illness. When I began my candidature, I started writing a novel but found with the diagnosis of chronic illness I could no longer write narrative and was irresistibly drawn to poetry.

The collection of poems was written during the period immediately following the diagnosis of, and during my subsequently living with, a chronic autoimmune illness, and is an expression of the lived experience of both being ill and being a writer. The poems have been separated into three chronological parts, each reflective of the emotional changes …


Constellations – A Space In Time That’S Filled With Moving, Deanne Leber Jan 2016

Constellations – A Space In Time That’S Filled With Moving, Deanne Leber

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

Constellations in the sky have been a source of inspiration, in both science and literature, for aeons. Working within the constraints of the ‘official’ 88 constellations, as devised by the International Astronomical Union, this study involved researching the myths and histories of constellations, and then creating a collection of poems based upon those. Thematic connections between the eight modern constellation “families” or groups of constellations were explored and it is in these groupings that the poems work, to tie together, through experimentations with language, a somewhat cohesive fabric of poetry.

Each constellation consists of three poems. The first is a …


An Apology For The Lies I Tell About My Character, Jess L. Bryant Jan 2016

An Apology For The Lies I Tell About My Character, Jess L. Bryant

EWU Masters Thesis Collection

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Things I (Say And Don't) Mean, Caitlyn Lee Finger Jan 2016

Things I (Say And Don't) Mean, Caitlyn Lee Finger

EWU Masters Thesis Collection

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Millions Of Names For Empty Space, Andrew Koch Jan 2016

Millions Of Names For Empty Space, Andrew Koch

EWU Masters Thesis Collection

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Hunting Stories, Dave Storment Jan 2016

Hunting Stories, Dave Storment

EWU Masters Thesis Collection

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Before The Wind, Charles R. Decker Jan 2016

Before The Wind, Charles R. Decker

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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Spared The Technicolor, Peter C. Friedman Dec 2015

Spared The Technicolor, Peter C. Friedman

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

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"Persephone's Contemporary Dilemma: Consent, Sexuality, And "Female Empowerment." [2015], Cassandra Elizabeth Cerjanic Dec 2015

"Persephone's Contemporary Dilemma: Consent, Sexuality, And "Female Empowerment." [2015], Cassandra Elizabeth Cerjanic

Master's Theses

Greek mythology never strays very far from Western imagination. Though every few years literature involving the infamous Gods tapers off into the back of our collective minds, a resurgence soon follows. The late Romantic literary movement (as popularized by Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelly, and John Keats) depended heavily upon Greco- Roman mythology to help illustrate characters that existed somewhere between the shadow of imagination and the truth of humanity. Perhaps in an attempt to harken back to Romanticism, contemporary poetry has once again given life to the Greek Gods. Mythological characters can be seen throughout the works of modern …


A Cornered Shadow, Bret Lundstrom Nov 2015

A Cornered Shadow, Bret Lundstrom

Arrow Rock

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Successful Contemplation, Bret Lundstrom Nov 2015

Successful Contemplation, Bret Lundstrom

Arrow Rock

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Blanketed Mind, Bret Lundstrom Nov 2015

Blanketed Mind, Bret Lundstrom

Arrow Rock

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Taking Time To Remember, Bret Lundstrom Nov 2015

Taking Time To Remember, Bret Lundstrom

Arrow Rock

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A Letter, Taylor Johnson Nov 2015

A Letter, Taylor Johnson

Arrow Rock

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Never Mind, Brigita Martin Nov 2015

Never Mind, Brigita Martin

Arrow Rock

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Ed, Hanna Hollis Nov 2015

Ed, Hanna Hollis

Arrow Rock

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Perfection In Nature,, Jeffrey Yates Nov 2015

Perfection In Nature,, Jeffrey Yates

Arrow Rock

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Christmas Traditions, Jeffrey Yates Nov 2015

Christmas Traditions, Jeffrey Yates

Arrow Rock

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Crying, Kristine Wagner Nov 2015

Crying, Kristine Wagner

Arrow Rock

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Today, Everything Was Grey, Faith Schallert Nov 2015

Today, Everything Was Grey, Faith Schallert

Arrow Rock

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A Drink And A Thought, Bret Lundstrom Nov 2015

A Drink And A Thought, Bret Lundstrom

Arrow Rock

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A Lovely Still Life, Bret Lundstrom Nov 2015

A Lovely Still Life, Bret Lundstrom

Arrow Rock

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Mrs. Snow, Bret Lundstrom Nov 2015

Mrs. Snow, Bret Lundstrom

Arrow Rock

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A Simple Question, Bret Lundstrom Nov 2015

A Simple Question, Bret Lundstrom

Arrow Rock

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Flooding, Kristine Wagner Nov 2015

Flooding, Kristine Wagner

Arrow Rock

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Bodies Of Water: Somebody | Nobody (For E.D.), Clark Lunberry Nov 2015

Bodies Of Water: Somebody | Nobody (For E.D.), Clark Lunberry

English Faculty Research and Scholarship

On a pond adjacent to the University of North Florida’s Thomas G. Carpenter Library, parts of Emily Dickinson’s well-known poem about being a “Nobody” were recently written on the water. During the fall of 2014, the familiar words of that poem’s opening line – “I’m Nobody! Who are you?” – appeared to float upon the library’s pond, reflecting vividly in the light of day (yet disappearing entirely in the dark of night). While inside the library’s large open stairway, on the tall windows that face directly out onto that pond, the first line of the poem’s second stanza – “How …