American poetry--21st century

This poetic thesis is an exploration of the darker side of relationships. There are
two parts of this thesis and they are to be read independently of each other. Part one is
concerned with the chaotic relationship structure between lovers, husbands and wives,
and the unexpected anguish that results from living an inauthentic life. Part two of my
thesis is a rumination of a past close friendship and the tragic death of that friend.

Ultimately, these verses are reflections of paintings (not necessarily paintings made with brush and oil, but paintings created by Nature, memory, and so forth). Each poem is also a painting and each painting is also a poem in the sense that the poetry should work the way a painting does by presenting a vivid image and idea. In every case, one has stemmed from the other. I want to translate the visual arts into writing, which includes the visual art of imagination because images are my natural language. These verses are an attempt at intermixing the categories (language and image), transferring one category into the other and vise versa to make the language act as a painting would; a painting with occasional narration.