University of South Carolina Scholar Commons Theses and Dissertations Spring 2019 dead eye open. Carlos Guillermo Gomez Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd Part of the Creative Writing Commons Recommended Citation Gomez, C. G.(2019). dead eye open.. (Master's thesis). Retrieved from https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/5282 This Open Access Thesis is brought to you by Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. dead eye open. by Carlos Guillermo Gomez Bachelor of Arts Bennington College, 2010 Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing College of Arts and Sciences University of South Carolina 2019 Accepted by: Samuel Amadon, Director of Thesis Liz Countryman, Reader Michael Dowdy, Reader John Mandsager, Reader Cheryl L. Addy, Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School © Copyright by Carlos Gomez, 2019 All Rights Reserved. ii DEDICATION For my mother iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This collection would not have been possible without the careful and honest eyes of: Scott Chalupa, Mark Rodehorst, Ethan Fogus, Maya Marshall, Emylisa Warrick, Catherine Bonner, Charlie Martin, Destiny Hemphill, Trezlen Drake, Cody Hosek, Dylan Nutter, Marcus Jamison, Katarina Merlini, Arianna Miller. This collection, the constitution of my poetic voice, and the love with which I hold poetry would not have been possible without my ride-or-die cohort, the most devoted and sincere poets I know, Joy Priest, Lauren Clark and Catherin Ntube. A most sincere thank you to Samuel Amadon, Liz Countryman, Nikky Finney and Fred Dings, for creating the workshop space that made these poems both a raucous pleasure and most beautiful pain to develop.