A Way In

<p>A Way In is a collection of poems written between the years 2007 and 2011. Most of my work came from the desire to explore a person, topic, idea, or place in the world that fascinated or intrigued me, disgusted me, or left me in utter shock and sorrow. Such topics include the depositing of gum on a sidewalk, my grandmother’s suitemate in the nursing home, or the reason Americans are addicted to oil.</p> <p>Poems have often been compared to photographs because of their depth, brevity of length, and eternal nature. While a photograph is just a piece of a larger whole, it is also unlimited in memory, the way poems are unlimited in their potential for content. Similarly, while studying the structure of one grain of sand under a microscope, one might find a piece of quartz; opaque or shining, multifaceted and full of depth. I ponder the unexplored and strive to turn this into words that best build an image or emotion.</p> <p>This collection is not limited in terms of form. It includes formal verse, prose and free verse. Some poems started out in a different form and developed into something new. Sometimes this was a suggestion by a professor or colleague, sometimes just an inclination. I believe that my poems are never finished, which may have something to do with my admiration of the cyclic nature of poetry, and the desire to reach readers with a more intense and meaningful impact.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (MA)

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Year dc:date.available

2011

Author dc:creator

• Goldstein, Laura Elizabeth

Contributors dc:contributor

• Julia Johnson
• Angela Ball
• Kenneth Watson

• Creative Writing
• Poetry

Repository record dc:identifier

https://aquila.usm.edu/masters_theses/241

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:aquila.usm.edu:masters_theses-1277