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Creative writing -- Poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

A warm chill threatens, 2017

 Item — Call number MU Thesis Rib
Identifier: b7669060
Introduction [excerpt] Within this project, both the poetry and the short stories will enlist professionally trained craft that will speak volumes toward the maturity of the three separate levels of writing: poetry, short fiction, and hybrid stories inflused with poetry. The author constantly revises and takes special care in creating work that covers relevant expressions while also portraying abstract images in innovative and unique contexts in order to force readers to open their minds. The largest...
Dates: 2017

Adolescence of an Electra, 2021

 Item — Call number MU Thesis Sva
Identifier: b7930480
Abstract and Keywords This manuscript explores topics in horror, gender and femininity, sexuality, psychological disorders, parasomnias, phobias and my biracial identity as well as a struggle with darker aspects of society. These pieces explore multiple psychological disorders such as parasomnias (specfically insomnia and sleep paralysis) and medical treatment, anxiety, and depression. Some pieces included also explore current issues with technology, specifically the exploration of the darknet and online child...
Dates: 2021

Bite, 2013

 Item — Call number MU Thesis Dob
Identifier: b5596205
Behind Bite [excerpts] Bite, the title of this manuscript, represents my outlook on the genre of poetry through my biggest influences and through the content of my work. Poetry should "bite" you, leave an in impression. It should continue to haunt you long after you read it, like it's gotten under your skin and you carry it with you everywhere you go.... The key writers and works that "bit" me, influencing my manuscript are: Lucille Clifton (...
Dates: 2013

Confessions of a late blooming baby boomer and other lies, 2023

 Item — Call number MU Thesis Doy
Identifier: b7931664
Abstract

The intention of this manuscript is to explore through poetry the challenges and blessings of growing up in a strict Irish Catholic household from the late Eisenhower years through the Nixon years and everything in between.

Key Words: family, Irish Catholic, religion, politics, body, sin, shame, ekphrasis, childhood, adolescence, poetic forms.

Dates: 2023

Existential graffiti, 2022

 Item — Call number MU Thesis Mor
Identifier: b7930856
Abstract The poetry manuscript is divided into four sections that each center around physical locations, music, love and interiority respectively. Most of the poetry is written in free verse, but some pieces are written in forms or as ekphrastic works related to music and visual art. This collection draws inspiration from Natasha Trethewey, Adam Zagajewski, and Meena Alexander among others. Keywords: Poetry, free verse, haibune [sic], New Jersey, exphrasis,...
Dates: 2022

From the inside looking out : society's fringe, 2012

 Item — Call number MU Thesis Tes
Identifier: b5596218
Introduction [excerpt] The poems contained within this manuscript are about people. Some are based on myself, others on specific people I have known in my life or read about in newspapers or books. Some are based solely on people I have created. The common theme throughout all my poems is that the people discussed are all outcasts in American society. The manuscript is titled "From the Inside Looking Out: Society's Fringe" because aesthetically and personally the concept of writing about...
Dates: 2012

Inventory of the gone, 2021

 Item — Call number MU Thesis Ear
Identifier: b7930360
Introduction [excerpt] Inventory of the Gone became a meditation-- or, more honestly, an obsession-- with the ever-complicated human experience of and relationship to loss. Loss takes many forms in this collection from death, to losing who you knew somebody to be to addiction, to losing the self and others to mental and physical illness, to the loss experienced through change, to the severing of relationships, etc. These poems attempt to find the right images and right words...
Dates: 2021

Living with shadows, 2013

 Item — Call number MU Thesis Fra
Identifier: b7607859
Statement of Aesthetics [excerpts] Living with Shadows is a collection of poems derived from many experiences with a handful of people I've encountered in my life. I titled this collection Living with Shadows because I am now living with just memories of many of the people I have written about - some because they have passed on, and others because they are no longer a part of my life. Developing this manuscript has been, by far, the biggest growth for me...
Dates: 2013

Lost daughter, 2012

 Item — Call number MU Thesis Bry
Identifier: b5596278
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.Students become eligible to pursue the Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) degree if they have obtained a Master of Arts...
Dates: 2012

Minor Pisces, 2014

 Item — Call number MU Thesis Far
Identifier: b7666546
Aesthetic Statement [excerpts] Minor Pisces is the capstone to my time spent in the MA program at Monmouth. With this, I endeavor to portray the joy and deep-seated loneliness found in romantic relationships. Structurally, the poems have been arranged to fade from one small moment or observation to the next to create a sense of intimacy and privacy. While the works are free verse, there is a sense of restraint and attention to the weight a line can bear done in order to emphasize the...
Dates: 2014