Date of Award

Spring 2009

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

Department

English

Program/Concentration

Creative Writing

Committee Director

Timothy Seibles

Committee Member

Luisa Igloria

Committee Member

Joanne Scheibman

Call Number for Print

Special Collections; LD4331.E64 C685 2009

Abstract

This collection of poems is a collage of my experiences and observations. Some of the poems emerge from an attempt to make sense of contemporary events or the day-to-day minutia of my daily life in twenty-first century America.

The collection is divided thematically into three sections. The first has to do with the past and its impact on the future. The second has to do with the sensual and the romantic (for lack of a better term). The third section is concerned with the impact of socio-political issues on the individual. These categories arose naturally from the subject matter, but there is a fair amount of overlap. The past impacts one's attitude toward personal relationships, the personal overflows into one's public stance, and the sociopolitical culture impacts our personal lives in various ways. So while I have attempted to categorize the poems based upon the clearest resonance in each, there were some that leaned heavily in more than one direction.

The experience of pulling together the various poems that make up this thesis has been enlightening. It has exposed many of my obsessions and fears and this has not always been comforting. But then, maybe art is about, or should be about, shaking artists out of our comfort zones, exposing us to ourselves.

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DOI

10.25777/rjv7-f645

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