Creating Critical Research Poetry

Maria K. E. Lahman

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Routledge
31 March 2025

Literary studies: poetry & poets; Research methods: general; Social research & statistics

Creating Critical Research Poetry critically engages with the ways in which research can poetically approach textual representations that narrate the unnarratable and contest the uncontested.

This text provides a rich path for early research poets to engage with and bloom and established research poets to dig deeper and flourish.

Connections to literary poetry and critical social science theories are detailed and it includes first-person poetic accounts where poets describe early fruitful engagement with poetic forms. Free verse, formed poetry, dimensional poems (e.g. concrete poetry, autoethnographic research poems) are covered in-depth, with guidance for developing a poetic sensibility and honing research poetry craft. Poetic experiences are integrated throughout the book, which may be engaged with individually, as a group, and in virtual or face-to-face courses.

Each chapter provides reflexive questions for the reader to engage with in their own journal writings, a poem creation exercise, and further poetic resources to engage with. Set within critical theories, Creating Critical Research Poetry provides a context for early research poets, and thought-provoking possibilities for seasoned research poets. This is the perfect entry-point to this burgeoning field of critical inquiry and qualitative research.

By: Maria K. E. Lahman
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032656076
ISBN 10: 1032656077
Pages: 212
Publication Date: 31 March 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Maria K. E. Lahman is a professor of qualitative methodology at the University of Northern Colorado, in Colorado, USA. She is the author of multiple research poems, articles on research poetry methodology, and a contributor to the Routledge edited text Expanding Approaches to Thematic Analysis where she wrote the chapter I Have Hated Analysis: Poetic Thematic Analysis. A Mennonite, Maria challenges herself to weave aspects of social justice and peace building into her pedagogy and scholarship. Maria’s scholarship is focused on creating ethical solutions for culturally complex methodological situations, diversity, young children, mothering, and qualitative writing representation.

Reviews for Creating Critical Research Poetry

“Maria Lahman invites readers to enter a safe, brave space in which they can create good enough research poetry and reflect critically about how their personal identity influences their scholarship. Her text is a must-read for critical-creative qualitative scholars interested in learning poemish.” Marcy Meyer, PhD, Associate Professor of Communication Studies, Ball State University