Ghost Town Blues

abstract: This manuscript of poetry examines the weird and the wonderful of the worlds of science and popular culture. The poems touch on such topics as varied as tabloid inventions, shipwrecks, wandering planets, and Davie Bowie. A focus on figurative language, intriguing vocabulary, and the intere...

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Other Authors: Keller, Kathrine (Author)
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.25167
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spelling ndltd-asu.edu-item-251672018-06-22T03:05:15Z Ghost Town Blues abstract: This manuscript of poetry examines the weird and the wonderful of the worlds of science and popular culture. The poems touch on such topics as varied as tabloid inventions, shipwrecks, wandering planets, and Davie Bowie. A focus on figurative language, intriguing vocabulary, and the interesting tidbits of life provide the foundation for the thesis both in individual poems and as a whole. This thesis draws from three years of work and revision as an MFA candidate. It contains sixty poems of varying forms and lengths. Dissertation/Thesis Keller, Kathrine (Author) Ball, Sara (Advisor) Ball, Sara (Committee member) Dubie, Norman (Committee member) Hummer, Terry R (Committee member) Arizona State University (Publisher) Fine arts Creative Writing English Poetry Writing eng 128 pages M.F.A. Creative Writing 2014 Masters Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.25167 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ All Rights Reserved 2014
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topic Fine arts
Creative Writing
English
Poetry
Writing
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Creative Writing
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Poetry
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Ghost Town Blues
description abstract: This manuscript of poetry examines the weird and the wonderful of the worlds of science and popular culture. The poems touch on such topics as varied as tabloid inventions, shipwrecks, wandering planets, and Davie Bowie. A focus on figurative language, intriguing vocabulary, and the interesting tidbits of life provide the foundation for the thesis both in individual poems and as a whole. This thesis draws from three years of work and revision as an MFA candidate. It contains sixty poems of varying forms and lengths. === Dissertation/Thesis === M.F.A. Creative Writing 2014
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