Date of Award
2012-01-01
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts
Department
Creative Writing
Advisor(s)
Sasha P. Chacón
Abstract
This book of poems is a meandering journey through various rooms, temporary residences. Lyric poems alternate with prose-poems. In sections such as "Body Orbit" and "Exits and Edges," the poet probes artifacts of memory and culture, investigates her relationship to a variety of places (a monastery, a used bookstore, Taco Bell, a website), and explores silence and the sacred. Of central concern is impermanence and the nature of awareness itself. Grounded in autobiography, the poems reflect time spent in a Buddhist monastery and the city of El Paso, TX.
Language
en
Provenance
Received from ProQuest
Copyright Date
2012
File Size
92 pages
File Format
application/pdf
Rights Holder
Miranda Arocha Smith
Recommended Citation
Smith, Miranda Arocha, "Book of Rooms" (2012). Open Access Theses & Dissertations. 2195.
https://scholarworks.utep.edu/open_etd/2195