To turn on every light
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This collection of poems focuses on the interior and exterior landscapes of a speaker in relationship with objects, with others, and with God. The poems seek to explore these relationships through a symbolic lens, so that even the smallest details—a rose, an poppy, a piece of thread—take on larger significance when examined. Though this mode of thought originated in the medieval world, the poet seeks to translate this mode of thought into a way of seeing that enriches the ordinary moments of modern life with meaning. This manuscript is rooted in hope—in beauty and in the goodness of life, despite the pain of existence. The poems presented here are the product of listening—to teachers and mentors both within and outside of the MFA program at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, to whom I am indebted.
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Critical introduction -- Poems -- To a Persistent Lover, After Fever -- I: To Lift theVeil at Its Corner -- II: Pursuit -- III: Longing, a Bouquet
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M.F.A. (Master of Fine Arts)