Silence for the one about to sing: selected short lyrics from two collections

Silence for the One about to Sing contains a chapbook of 30 poems (selected from two collections) and a prologue. In the prologue, I discuss my influences and inspirations, and explain the creative and critical devices I use throughout my art. Inspired by the Portuguese music genre of fado and its latest iteration, the novo fado, selections in each collection feature code-switching, recurring motifs (birds, oil, and water), and sensory language. A variety of speakers and travelogues is also used to explore themes of agency, identity, loss, and restoration. These devices coalesce to produce a progressive framework for the classic elements of fado (i.e., melancholia, location, and longing) and the innovative expression of novo fado, a dynamic which comprises the poetic arc of each piece in my collections. Much of the writing represents a mixture of allegorical, narrative, and surrealist poetry styles.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Year dc:date.available

2017

Author dc:creator

• Rodgers, Chasidi

Contributors dc:contributor

• Braggs, Earl
• Einstein, Sarah; Jackson, Richard
• College of Arts and Sciences

• American poetry -- 21st century

Licence

• https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en

Language dc:language

English, eng

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholar.utc.edu/theses/457

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholar.utc.edu:theses-1604