Semester
Spring
Date of Graduation
2012
Document Type
MFA Creative Writing Thesis
Degree Type
MFA
College
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
Department
English
Committee Chair
James Harms
Abstract
This collection of poems engages the reader to think about the everyday landscape and activities, turn the focus-lights up, and stare at what things really are: the absurd definitions explained through the surreal. Like The Dream Songs, the speaker of the book is dropped in at various junctions as another character rather than (always) as an "I." While these poems are not necessarily an overarching narrative, the sections address themes of relationship, future, and loss. The middle section titled "Dream Cities" is designed as a chapbook, at once independent of and supplementary to the manuscript as a whole.
Recommended Citation
London, Matthew L., "Disaster Recovery Drawer" (2012). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 4889.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/4889
Embargo Reason
Permanent Embargo – MFA Creative Writing