Date of Award
1-1-2013
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
M.F.A. in Creative Writing
Department
English
First Advisor
Ann Fisher-Wirth
Second Advisor
Gregory Heyworth
Third Advisor
Beth Ann Fennelly
Relational Format
dissertation/thesis
Abstract
The Unthinkable Botanical Gardens is a book of poems in five sections. The first, third, and fifth sections present a speaker navigating a wondrous and often hostile world. The second and fourth sections are long poems: "Zodiac B," a sequence inspired by obsolete or forgotten constellations, and "Elbow Island," which tells the story of the beluga whales exhibited in Barnum's American Museum.
Recommended Citation
Smith, Travis Oliver Green, "The Unthinkable Botanical Gardens: Poems" (2013). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1189.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/etd/1189