Western Michigan University ScholarWorks at WMU Dissertations Graduate College 4-2007 The Road between Cemeteries Richard Paul Foss Western Michigan University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/dissertations Recommended Citation Foss, Richard Paul, "The Road between Cemeteries" (2007). Dissertations. 861. https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/dissertations/861 This Dissertation-Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate College at ScholarWorks at WMU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at WMU. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. THE ROAD BETWEEN CEMETERIES by Richard Paul Foss A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of The Graduate College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Department of English Dr. Nancy Eimers, Advisor Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, Michigan April 2007 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. THE ROAD BETWEEN CEMETERIES Richard Paul Foss, Ph.D. Western Michigan University, 2007 The Road Between Cemeteries is a creative dissertation, a book of poems that makes use of many various forms and styles. I am interested in both the lyric and the narrative traditions and the heart of this collection, I believe, lies in the space between; the narrative is the road, moving inexorably forward, and the lyric, the passenger dreaming, questioning out the window. I am also interested in contemporary relationships, both those of a private nature such as we have with our parents, spouses, children, and those of a public nature, such as with our heroes in literature, sports and music.