Date of Award
Spring 2025
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
English
Program/Concentration
Creative Writing
Committee Director
Luisa A. Igloria
Committee Member
Remica Bingham-Risher
Committee Member
Marianne L. Chan
Abstract
Birds Sing Inside Me is a poetry collection exploring the body both in and out of control. The title comes from a line found in the penultimate poem, “Drishti,” where the speaker is searching for her focal point. This line also acts as a mantra for the entire manuscript, where birds become a motif found in many forms. The poems pose questions of love, loss, and the ways in which our bodies hold, process, and translate these emotions.
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DOI
10.25777/e8q6-fb96
ISBN
9798280746756
Recommended Citation
New, Samantha N..
"Birds Sing Inside Me"
(2025). Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Thesis, English, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/e8q6-fb96
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/english_etds/487