University of Montana ScholarWorks at University of Montana Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers Graduate School 2017 Neon is Trying to Tell You Something Grace Arenas University of Montana Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd Part of the Poetry Commons Let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation Arenas, Grace, "Neon is Trying to Tell You Something" (2017). Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers. 11034. https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/11034 This Professional Paper is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at ScholarWorks at University of Montana. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at University of Montana. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. NEON IS TRYING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING by GRACE ANN ARENAS Bachelor of Arts, Washington College, Chestertown, MD, 2014 Professional Paper presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Fine Arts, Creative Writing The University of Montana Missoula, MT May 2017 Approved By: Scott Whittenburg, Dean of The Graduate School Graduate School Prageeta Sharma, Chair Professor of Creative Writing Amy Ratto-Parks, Co-Chair Assistant Director of Composition Kelly Webster, Co-Chair Director of the Writing Center Arenas, Grace, MFA, May 2017 Creative Writing “Neon is Trying to Tell You Something” — Abstract Chairperson: Prageeta Sharma Co-Chairperson: Amy Ratto-Parks Co-Chairperson: Kelly Webster The following is the manuscript of my poetry collection, “Neon is Trying to Tell You Something.” This manuscript represents my development of poetic voice and style over the course of the past two years.