Date of Graduation
2016
Document Type
MFA Creative Writing Thesis (Campus Access)
Embargo Reason
Permanent Embargo – MFA Creative Writing
Degree Type
MFA
College
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
Department
English
Committee Chair
Mary Ann Samyn
Committee Co-Chair
Ryan Claycomb
Committee Member
James Harms
Abstract
This collection of free verse poetry explores the author's personal experiences as a child in rural Appalachia and later as a student and resident of a larger college town. The poems use a variety styles of line, punctuation, and stance toward the material in order to achieve as complete of a picture of this landscape as possible. Some of the other ideas that are explored include work, our relationship to nature, masculinity, and communication.
Recommended Citation
Mersing, Travis, "Thicket Cathedral" (2016). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 7111.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/7111
