Poetry

Some Years Ago, My Mother was Possessed is a poetry chapbook exploring a familial lineage of abuse through fictional exit interviews taken after points of emotional and physical trauma or abuse. Through surreal landscapes and speculative futures, the poems explore the remnants of abuse, and the fear of being possessed by her family’s history of motherhood.

I Would Rather Talk About Persimmons aims to understand the roots of trauma, addiction, and lineage. A discovery of what it means to be half American, half Albanian. A discovery of loving the people in our lives no matter how imperfect, no matter how painful no matter the sacrifice. The work seeks to understand the existence of joy and pain in the ways they work together and by doing so we see that emotions of the human experience are not linear, rather chaotic.

Self-Gardening seeks to explore the oftentime selfish rationale behind seemingly selfless decisions. In dissecting my motivation, I found insecurity. I don't garden for the joy of it, I garden to feel valuable. Beneath my desire for children, lives the terrifying hesitation of putting more bad into the world. While this thesis does look to shine a light on uncomfortability and insecurity, it has no interest in poking or prodding them. Acknowledgement and awareness are enough.

Imagine Me Like That offers an exploration into an experience of one coming to terms with one’s unique trans and queer identity through ecological and nature-based connections, as well as through interpersonal connections. This collection utilizes both poetry and lyric essay to offer insights into the joys of queer ways of living, while also acknowledging the difficulties of occupying a marginalized identity. Ultimately, Imagine Me Like That seeks to affirm and acknowledge the multi-faceted modes of queer existence.

body as / is a collection of poetry exploring the body, mental health, spirituality, environment, and family.

“Midsummer Night’s Poems”—as the thesis’ title suggests—is based on Shakespeare’s play, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” The thesis’ poems reflect a very dream-like state of progression, starting with overall harmony in terms of relationships and followed by the consequences resulting from immature love’s fickle nature. The poems, however, are not meant to be read as grave or humorless even though their tone is sometimes overdramatized. The poems’ tone is lighthearted, while engaging the suffering of love’s hardships. It keeps the reader’s perspective comparable to Bottom’s. The thesis’ message is that we should not take ourselves so seriously. Finally, the thesis’ poems act as a mirror to Shakespeare’s play since common themes emerge in both. In sum, the thesis’ tone shadows the lightheartedness of the play’s and yet conveys that while “The course of true love never did run smooth,” true love always finds a way to bring us peace.

Verse. Poetry. Signed by the author Stephen Cochran Singleton. Dedication to My Lady of the Pines.

Thanksgiving discourseNotes: Includes correspondence and verse. "Published by request." FAU Libraries' copy imperfect: pages loose. Has original printed wrappers.

Law and the gospel! Speech of Honorable S.S. Cox. Notes: Cover title. Includes verse.

Cincinnati daily times (Cincinnati, Ohio : 1861). Includes correspondence and verse. "Delivered in Pike's Opera House, April 16, 1865." "The following scenes, descriptive ... of Mr. Gaddis' sermon, is taken from the Cincinnati daily times, Monday, April 18th"--Page [3]-5. One of 3,000 copies. FAU Libraries' copy edges have been trimmed to 22 cm.