Unripe, unsweet, delicious, 2018

Item — Call Number: MU Thesis Oli

Identifier: b7877116

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection consists of theses written by students enrolled in the Monmouth University graduate English program. The holdings are primarily bound print documents that were submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the Master of Arts or Master of Fine Arts degrees.

From the Collection:

Students become eligible to pursue the Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) degree if they have obtained a Master of Arts (M.A.) in English from Monmouth University and demonstrate a proficiency for creative writing through a thesis or equivalent work.

From the Collection:

After completing their 30-credit M.A. in English with a Creative Writing concentration, Monmouth’s M.F.A. students take an additional 18 credits of intensive creative writing study that includes the completion of a book-length Creative Thesis.

From the Collection:

During the fall 2022 semester (in instances where the requisite waivers were received from consenting student authors), the Monmouth University Library, together with the University's Graduate School and Wayne D. McMurray School of Humanities and Social Sciences, began providing open access to select full-text digital versions of current theses and dissertations through links to the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global website in the Library's Online Public Access Catalog. Links to these open access digital publications can also be found in the "External Documents" section under any conforming titles that are listed among the holdings itemized in the collection inventory for this finding aid.

Dates

Creation: 2018

Creator

Oliver, Colleen King (1989- ) (Author, Person)
Waters, Michael, 1949- (Thesis advisor, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use. Access is by appointment only.

Access to the collection is confined to the Monmouth University Library and is subject to patron policies approved by the Monmouth University Library.

Collection holdings may not be borrowed through interlibrary loan.

Research appointments are scheduled by the Monmouth University Library Archives Collections Manager (723-923-4526). A minimum of three days advance notice is required to arrange a research appointment for access to the collection.

Patrons must complete a Researcher Registration Form and provide appropriate identification to gain access to the collection holdings. Copies of these documents will be kept on file at the Monmouth University Library.

Extent

1 Items (print book) : 78 pages ; 8.5 x 11.0 inches (28 cm).

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Introduction [excerpts]

For me, pleasure of poetry has always been in the connection and placement of words next to each other--of trying to create something to sound the way I want it to feel. It's a challenge and so rarely does it happen that I find the end result satisfying. But, still I continue to write. With these poems, I have carefully curated the following pages as passage through my experiences I hope to act as artifacts in time. I have worked hard to learn my craft well and dispense it thoughtfully. Much of the poetry contained within these pages is in some way extracted from my personal experiences or inspired by a moment or a feeling, and I have worked to craft the lines to convey emotion and a sense of place through the language I have chosen....

I want my poetry to convey a sense of strength and fragility at the same time through its form, its diction, and its arrangement. I am, as I hope to always be, in state of learning--learning to read better, understand better, and ultimately, write better. The following poems are based in loose chronological order, sectioned by time, but also subject matter. Each of the poems is somehow inspired by nature, the environment around me and the natural forces of the world we have no control over.

Partial Contents

Arrochar -- Seafoam Sister -- Key -- The Blue House on Jackson Avenue -- Unsweet, Unripe, Delicious -- Settlement -- Moving -- I Broke One of Your Beer Glasses -- Mold Kiss -- Homeless -- Point Pleasant Beach -- After Our Storm -- definition -- ravens -- Gros Piton, Saint Lucia -- Memories from Checkout Lane -- Ash Wednesday in St. Dominic's -- Nectarines -- Sugar Hills -- Rocky Mountain Drive -- Kittattiny Point -- Big Sky -- Girls -- Shape of September -- Cardinals are a Sign from Heaven -- Chickadees -- Wildflowers -- Our Marriage is a Campfire -- Seven Grams, White Gold -- Place of Peace --Friends of the Vernal Equinox -- Plant Kiss -- Happiness Tide -- On the Days I Do Not See the Ocean.