Keith, SallyBarzditis, Tim2019-07-02https://hdl.handle.net/1920/11552This thesis has been embargoed for 10 years and will not be available until April 2029 at the earliest.Music transcends all kinds of distance, both literal and figurative. This collection of poetry evokes a narrative of struggling and reconciling with these distances, primarily through the recontextualization of song lyrics, film history, and other elements of popular culture, all in an attempt to create its own music.enPoetryMusicFilmTalking HeadsThesis