Senior Theses
Publication Date
4-29-2021
Document Type
Thesis (Open Access)
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing
Department
English
Faculty Advisor(s)
Joe Wilkins
Subject Categories
Creative Writing | Poetry
Abstract
This creative writing thesis contains a series of poems by Gretel Valdes.
I.
- Pillowtalk
- Autumnal Hues
- Mis Cejas
- Intimacy
- Without You, in San Francisco
- Sundown of Person
II.
- drinking honey with the bees
- The Lady of Crescent Lake
- A Collection of 2 am Thoughts
- Cold Feet
- Another Year of Thankfulness
- My Grandfather’s First Time in the ICU
- For Oregon Where I Have Yet to Fall in Love
III.
- The First Flower of Spring
- A Dandelion Before the Wind
- Weightless
- Aubade to the Other Woman
- To Denica
- Someday Soon
IV.
- Recovery
- Anxiety
- On the first girl I ever kissed
- Drinks I Cannot Finish
- Misandry
- Therapy Session
V.
- Sometimes I Wish I Believed in God.
- Stagnant
- My Local Small Town Barista
- Summer ‘19
- On the Drive Back from Bend
- Last Oregon Spring
- Ars Poetica with Grief
Recommended Citation
Valdes, Gretel, "The First Flowers of Spring" (2021). Senior Theses. 33.
https://digitalcommons.linfield.edu/englstud_theses/33
