Date Available
4-29-2016
Year of Publication
2016
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Document Type
Master's Thesis
College
Arts and Sciences
Department/School/Program
English
First Advisor
Julia Johnson
Abstract
Like the ever-circling lines in the skin of trees, sometimes the whole of a person is peeled back, layer by layer, until only seeds remain. Names, faces, stories, and relationships are unmade and molded into new shapes. Without warning, those left at the base, at the roots, can’t recognize this maple’s form. They hold a pile of leaves, a bottle of glue, and the hope that something familiar will take sprout again. The tree becomes new, and its tangled branches reach out. These poems explore the lives of those living with and caring for those with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. The hope is that they will touch on all the layers that make up a person, and the connection that nature and materiality have with building memory.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
http://dx.doi.org/10.13023/ETD.2016.183
Recommended Citation
Rhorer, Jordyn N., "Slow Emergencies" (2016). Theses and Dissertations--English. 36.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/english_etds/36
