Let's Waltz the Rumba

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dc.contributor.authorKaja, Benen
dc.contributor.committeechairHicok, Robert G.en
dc.contributor.committeememberD'Aguiar, Frederick M.en
dc.contributor.committeememberMeitner, Erika S.en
dc.contributor.departmentEnglishen
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-24T16:03:04Zen
dc.date.available2017-04-24T16:03:04Zen
dc.date.issued2008-04-11en
dc.date.sdate2008-04-24en
dc.description.abstractA collection of poems primarily in free verse that deals with loss, love, nostalgia, memory, nature (both human and wild), and the self. The title is a Fats Waller quote I found as the epigraph in one of my favorite books, The World Doesn’t End by Charles Simic. While it is literally impossible to waltz the rumba, since they are two different dances and types of music, I like the idea it provokes for me: it says to me, “let’s do this our own way"? or the old cliché phrase “let’s walk to the beat of a different drummer."? This quote embodies the spirit in which these poems where written.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Fine Artsen
dc.identifier.otheretd-04242008-184110en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04242008-184110/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/77489en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectnostalgiaen
dc.subjectlossen
dc.subjectfree verseen
dc.subjectnatureen
dc.subjectpoetryen
dc.subjectdesireen
dc.titleLet's Waltz the Rumbaen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.typePoetryen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineCreative Writingen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Fine Artsen

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