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Date Permissions Signed

5-11-2015

Date of Award

Spring 2015

Document Type

Masters Thesis (Campus-Only Access)

Degree Name

Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

Department

English

First Advisor

De la Paz, Oliver, 1972-

Second Advisor

Beasley, Bruce, 1958-

Third Advisor

Laffrado, Laura

Abstract

Apologues is a series of love poems that revolves around a community garden on Sehome Hill in Bellingham, Washington. Apologue refers to a tradition of subtle fables that communicate through stories of plants and animals. In that tradition, plants and animals appear in these poems alongside humans as subjects and as figures. Through these layered appearances and perceptions of nonhuman others, the poems attempt to question and meditate meaningfully on plant and animal lives even while they record human experiences of transience, intrusion, and care.

Type

Text

DOI

https://doi.org/10.25710/syag-k682

Publisher

Western Washington University

OCLC Number

910248277

Subject – LCSH

Love--Poetry

Format

application/pdf

Genre/Form

masters theses

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 thesis for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author's written permission.

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