This project comprises the best poetry written in my graduate study at Ball State University. The title, Liminal, is a term that has reappeared thematically in my work. Merriam Webster defines it as: "the threshold of a physiological or psychological response," but more than that, for me liminality is the doorframe between things; it is poetry. Poetry is a conglomeration of splicing between inner worlds and outer worlds; it tries to capture and recreate physiological or psychological responses, bringing the reader into the threshold that the writer has exited. Poetry is a door, a threshold; it is liminal. Thresholds are infinite and immeasurable; therefore, I have tried to capture or recreate liminal moments of my life into words that are physical, measurable in a sense, and therefore create presence, inviting readers through the threshold of my literary house out of the liminal abyss. These 36 pages of poetry contain liminal subject matter, whether embodying sexuality, relationships, spirituality, or moments bordering life and death, but always the inestimable line between two things. / Department of English
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BSU/oai:cardinalscholar.bsu.edu:handle/188030 |
Date | January 2005 |
Creators | Galloway, Lisa R. |
Contributors | Neely, Mark, 1971- |
Source Sets | Ball State University |
Detected Language | English |
Format | vii, 37 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm. |
Source | Virtual Press |
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