Light Suite is a collection of the work I produced during my enrollment in the University of New Orleans Low Residency M.F.A. program. The writing, format and length styles reflect my experimentation with my craft. It also provides insight as to what my "poetic voice" is. Light Suite attempts to entwine personal experience with engaged observation and occasional flights of fantasy. The following poems illustrate my attempt at diversifying personal, poetic style. There are travel, prose, and accidental meaning poems. There are poems that feature personal narrative and collaboration. All of my works do share one characteristic and that is the close relationship with visual representation of an oral experience. I employ white space, line breaks, line length, assonance and consonance to create works that are as close to my speaking voice as possible.

Collection of poetry by Deborah Brink in four parts, submitted in August of 2004.

Many of these poems deal with childhood, love, art, and the search for meaning. Most of the poems have a female voice that is hopeful and acceptant. The format of the thesis goes from adulthood to childhood and works as a return to the familial.

Many of these poems deal with childhood, love, art, and the search for meaning. Most of the poems have a female voice that is hopeful and acceptant. The format of the thesis goes from adulthood to childhood and works as a return to the familial.