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The Unthinkable Botanical Gardens: Poems

Abstract

dc:description.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.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
M.F.A. in Creative Writing
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
English
Year dc:date.available
2013

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Smith, Travis Oliver Green
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Ann Fisher-Wirth
  • Gregory Heyworth
  • Beth Ann Fennelly

Subjects

dc:subject × 3

Identifiers

dc:identifier.*
Repository record dc:identifier
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/etd/1189
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:egrove.olemiss.edu:etd-2188

Chain of custody

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Last updated
2026-07-24
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citation

Smith, Travis Oliver Green. The Unthinkable Botanical Gardens: Poems. Dissertation thesis, 2013. https://egrove.olemiss.edu/etd/1189