SWENSEN, Cole
Greensward

Greensward looks at the interaction between animals, humans, and gardens. Often playful, it explores the question of whether animals other than humans have an aesthetic sense, posits that they do, and suggests that they develop it through watching humans garden. The short sections of poetry and prose, sometimes plainspoken, sometimes poised precariously on the line between sense and non-sense, are dovetailed into engravings of 18th century gardens by the artist John Roque. [publisher’s note]

Published by Ugly Duckling Presse, 2010
Design by Shari DeGraw & Cole Swensen
Poetry / Cultural Studies