Date of Award
Spring 5-2021
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.F.A.
Degree Program
Creative Writing
Department
English
Major Professor
Carolyn Hembree
Second Advisor
John Gery
Third Advisor
Justin Maxwell
Abstract
Odd Botany engages with the concepts of the wild and the domestic in poetry to create whimsical, humorous poems that contend with the darker aspects of living. Varied in form, many of these poems are persona poems and use animals other than humans as speakers. Using distortion, surprise, and word-play, the poems attempt to create a psychic-turbulence to be pleasurable and enlivening to the reader.
Recommended Citation
Lauritsen, Isaac G., "Odd Botany" (2021). University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations. 2869.
https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/2869
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