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**flor·i·le·gi·um** */flor ə lɛ dʒi əm/*
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n. pl. **flor·i·le·gi·a** */-dʒi ə/*
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> A collection of excerpts from written texts, especially works of literature.
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*Florilegium* is a series of essays exploring just how much space we're allowed to take up in the world. While not all of them are provided here, a few are in order to give a sense of the overall work. This project serves as partial fulfillment my MFA in creative writing from Cornell College in Mount Vernon, IA.
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## [And Flowers Wreathe Your Sleeping Form](/and-flowers-wreathe-your-sleeping-form)
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> *What means death or grief*
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> *in the face of endless time?*
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> *Slow-turning seasons.*
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An exploration of the spiral of poetry and of grief.
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## [The Elevation of Unknown Things](/the-elevation-of-unknown-things)
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> If Matthew died in 2012, why was I not born then?
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An exploration of disinterested identity and the choices that lead to them.
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## [The Margin of the Terrifying](/the-margin-of-the-terrifying)
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> Around and around thoughts flow like water downstream with eddies behind rocks building whirlpools as holes in identity.
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