Bierds, LindaKenney, RichardEdelman, Rachel Sarabea2016-07-142016-07-142016-06Edelman_washington_0250O_15897.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1773/36623Thesis (Master's)--University of Washington, 2016-06As a student of geology, I attuned my eye to the exactitude of observation required to convey the history of a place. My interest in the poetic work of observation led me to Lorine Niedecker’s “Lake Superior.” In that poem, historical, folkloric, and scientific knowledge crop up alongside the poet-speaker’s primary thoughts and perceptions. Observation becomes an artifact. Such encapsulated perceptions broaden the viewpoint through which one human might understand geologic time.application/pdfen-USDocumentaryExtinctionGeologic TimeGeologyObjectivistPoetryLiteratureCreative writingenglishThesis