Faith's Late Procession: Poems

FAITH'S LATE PROCESSION: POEMS is a collection of poetry written and/or revised during my time at Missouri State University. The collection focuses on the use of Midrash as a means of approaching poetry, but the subject matter is not limited to working from biblical texts. The poems in this collection discuss the poet's ongoing struggle with faith; his father's gay identity; the difficulties of watching, as a child, his father worsen over time with advancing stages of schizophrenia, and the duality of growing up in urban St. Louis, while spending summers on his father's farm in upper east Tennessee. The poems are written in free verse. KEYWORDS: poetry, faith, Appalachia, father, queer identity, family, free verse

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts in English

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Year

2012

Author dc:creator

• Macormic, Dustin M.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Jane Hoogestraat

• poetry
• faith
• Appalachia
• father
• queer identity
• family
• free verse
• English Language and Literature

Statement dc:rights

• © Dustin M. Macormic

Repository record dc:identifier

https://bearworks.missouristate.edu/theses/1118

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:bearworks.missouristate.edu:theses-2119