Riley, Kaelyn Kelly, authorCooperman, Matthew, advisorBeachy-Quick, Dan, committee memberDiCesare, Catherine, committee member2007-01-032016-06-302014http://hdl.handle.net/10217/82531This collection of poems is occupied with questions about the speaking subject, speech position, romantic love, the poem as an act of willful speech, the untenable spaces between poet and poem and lover and beloved, the hope that romantic love may be a disavowal of male authority, and the fear that it may not.born digitalmasters thesesengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.TextAccess is limited to the Colorado State University community only.