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Date Permissions Signed

5-20-2022

Date of Award

Spring 2022

Document Type

Masters Thesis (Campus-Only Access)

Degree Name

Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

Department

English

First Advisor

Magee, Kelly, 1976-

Second Advisor

Heim, Stefania

Third Advisor

Anderson, Katherine J.

Abstract

True Orchard is a poetic investigation into labor, or, a collection about what we reap and what we sow. The first section, “sowing seeds,” considers the poet’s first encounters with labor. Informed by experience and observation, the poems witness the difficulty of employment, especially underpaid physically demanding jobs. These pieces also grapple with formative moments in the poet’s relationships with herself, her family, and her partner. Ultimately these formed a worldview rooted in the body’s work. The second section, “spreading roots,” moves toward growth and the ways in which we orient ourselves in the world as it changes around us. True Orchard focuses on the growth of the self. While grappling with the experience of interiority, this collection tracks the work and rewards of family ties, relationships, employment, and the ordeal of being alive.

Type

Text

Keywords

poetry, labor

Publisher

Western Washington University

OCLC Number

1322090423

Subject – LCSH

Labor--Poetry

Format

pdf

Genre/Form

Academic theses; Lyric poetry

Language

English

Rights

Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this document for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author’s written permission.

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