Oral Presentations
Presentation Type
Presentation
Faculty Mentor’s Full Name
Sean Hill
Faculty Mentor’s Department
Creative Writing
Abstract / Artist's Statement
Arrivals is a collection of poetry that explores the topics of place, people, and relationships. Separated into three parts (West, East, and Europe), the collection moves through not only space, but also addresses the struggles of coming of age, being a woman, and growing up in the mountain west. The vein that connects each of the three parts is a series of sonnets about specific cities such as Denver, New York City, and Berlin. The use of sonnets as a grounding form aims to allow for structured exploration of people’s relationship to place specifically history and culture—aiming to utilize the sonnet’s argumentative and lyrical tension. As for the free-verse pieces, their forms range from apostrophes to ballads, their themes equally varied. In conversation with poets such as Richard Hugo, Seamus Heaney, Elizabeth Bishop, and E.E. Cummings, Arrivals aims to surprise the reader by revealing the smaller details of ourselves and of the world around us.
Category
Visual and Performing Arts (including Creative Writing)
Arrivals, Poetry BFA Thesis
UC 333
Arrivals is a collection of poetry that explores the topics of place, people, and relationships. Separated into three parts (West, East, and Europe), the collection moves through not only space, but also addresses the struggles of coming of age, being a woman, and growing up in the mountain west. The vein that connects each of the three parts is a series of sonnets about specific cities such as Denver, New York City, and Berlin. The use of sonnets as a grounding form aims to allow for structured exploration of people’s relationship to place specifically history and culture—aiming to utilize the sonnet’s argumentative and lyrical tension. As for the free-verse pieces, their forms range from apostrophes to ballads, their themes equally varied. In conversation with poets such as Richard Hugo, Seamus Heaney, Elizabeth Bishop, and E.E. Cummings, Arrivals aims to surprise the reader by revealing the smaller details of ourselves and of the world around us.