American poetry -- 21st century

This collection of poems is an exploration of femininity, culture, rituals, love and my expectations of all of these. Included are also translations by the Urugayan poet Juana di Ibarbourou, who writes about her femininity and how it collides with social

This thesis speaks to the uncertainty of the future. Time is a currency that can be lost and gained, spent well or wasted. The poems work to strike a balance between humor and seriousness. -- abstract.

"Girl At The Witching Hour is a collection of poems about relationships." --Abstract.

This collection of poems addresses family, culture, and identity. The poems move through sometimes bizarre realities to more recognizable ones. Shorter lyrics appear next to longer narratives. Conversational speech features frequently, especially in piece

The poems in this collection are arranged according to their setting.

The poems of Here move through experiences of pain inflicted on and by oneself -- physical brutality, sexual transgression and shame, domestic violence -- and ultimately ask what can be gained from our attention to such wounding. In pieces couched alterna

Homing is a collection of poems with origins in graduate work at Emerson College. Poems vary in form, though tend toward short lyric and lyric narrative. -- abstract.

This collection of 41 poems touches on many personal and compelling themes related to family, parenting, relationships, and alcoholism. -- abstract.

Huzzah! is a collection of poems that aim to celebrate the instability and inadequency in the language of our time. It is a punk rock love letter to the world, a study of pop culture by kaleideoscope. These poems are a giant gorilla blowing kisses to the

This manuscript focuses on the surreal, imaginative, and lasting qualities of dreams, and illuminates how dream perceptions bleed into and exist in the waking world. -- abstract.

New American poems, driven by 'a willingness to disturb a world that prefers to remain at rest with itself [William Minor]. Also includes a new translation of the poem 'Yo no soy yo' by Juan Ramon Jimenez. -- abstract.

Jerks is a collection that explores the world and the thoughts of a lowlife. Many of the poems deal with drugs and alcohol and their effects. Some poems are innocent memories. The characters and figures described can be tough to like, due to their vices a

This collection of both narrative and lyric poetry looks back on and addresses from different perspectives several key stages of the author's life: her near-death experience following an automobile accident; her difficult recovery of physical and emotiona

Last Stop, Wonderland is a collection of poetry. Many of the poems are written in a blue-collar" voice and include subjects such as work, politics, and growing up in the Midwest. In contrast, other poems are concerned with art, nature, and humanity." -- a

'Late Night Preparations' is a collection of poems that often stem from and center on the author's experience of place. -- abstract.

Poems dealing with a variety of topics in a range of modes. Many concern the author's origins in the Caribbean and his migration to New England, and the uneasy relationship he has with both places. -- abstract.

"This manuscript of poems examines the forces that shape us, from the astronomical laws of the universe to manufactured earthly possessions. How can we see that which pervades every cell, but is yet invisible? Do we fully understand the repercussions of what we create? Are we in charge of our desires, or are they manufacturing us?" --Abstract.