Date of Award
12-22-2011
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
English, MA
First Advisor
Rick Lott
Committee Members
Jerry Ball; Michael Spikes
Call Number
LD251 .A566t 2011 M323
Abstract
The majority of these poems were inspired by actual small-town figures and instances, so the pairing down of narrative substance and the varying rhythm of common language are applied throughout. For this reason, most of the poems are written in free verse. One exception is a single poem that is near Tanka; that poem and a few other concept poems included are a bit more universal in content and are without the same colorations of fixed time and place, drifters that came to the mindscape of this collection.
Rights Management
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Mayes, Maegon L., "In The Slats of This Small Town: A Collection of Poetry" (2011). Student Theses and Dissertations. 892.
https://arch.astate.edu/all-etd/892
