Karchmer, S. N.2022-05-062022-05-06197314105934https://hdl.handle.net/10657/9100The Rooms, The Streets, The November Beaches is a collection of poems that has as a central theme the process of self-discovery. Each section corresponds to a facet of that process, The Rooms being the academic and intellectual growth of knowledge. The Streets depicting the emotional side of knowledge and experience in the world, and The November Beaches presenting a synthesis of the emotional and intellectual to provide a basis for the investigation of the spiritual. The entire body of poems is an attempt to discover one's spiritual identity by a process of acquisition and use of knowledge of the self built on reflection and experience. An annotated bibliography at the conclusion of the collection lists selected authors and works that have been most influential in the development of the author's thought and art.application/pdfenThis item is protected by copyright but is made available here under a claim of fair use (17 U.S.C. §107) for non-profit research and educational purposes. Users of this work assume the responsibility for determining copyright status prior to reusing, publishing, or reproducing this item for purposes other than what is allowed by fair use or other copyright exemptions. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires express permission of the copyright holder.Thesisreformatted digital