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Move Over, Bird
Miho entertains you with various forms of poetry she follows or invents.
In seven poems from the first section, the poet breaks an ordinary day into pieces and rebuilds them in fourteen sentences. “Backyard”, for example, takes you here: The screened porch collects a thick layer of dust. It’s seemingly very quiet, yet her backyard is a battlefield for songbirds. While the rain is as soft as a marsh bunny, you might wonder with her: What wishes should I make with a single coin?
She also writes a song-like poem – a style she learned from reading a vast range of haiku. “Sudoku” appeared in two anthologies and is illustrated into whimsical collage by artist Lisa Anne Cullen.
In this collection, she also translated her own Japanese haiku and tanka into English. She delights in connecting with readers through her delicate and transcendental artistry of her ongoing poetic musings.
In seven poems from the first section, the poet breaks an ordinary day into pieces and rebuilds them in fourteen sentences. “Backyard”, for example, takes you here: The screened porch collects a thick layer of dust. It’s seemingly very quiet, yet her backyard is a battlefield for songbirds. While the rain is as soft as a marsh bunny, you might wonder with her: What wishes should I make with a single coin?
She also writes a song-like poem – a style she learned from reading a vast range of haiku. “Sudoku” appeared in two anthologies and is illustrated into whimsical collage by artist Lisa Anne Cullen.
In this collection, she also translated her own Japanese haiku and tanka into English. She delights in connecting with readers through her delicate and transcendental artistry of her ongoing poetic musings.
- GenresPoetry
67 pages, Paperback
Published May 1, 2019
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January 27, 2020
The humorous title says it all, Miho Kinnas dances through the words, your brain, difficult questions of life. And she is using beautiful beautiful poetry.
September 6, 2020
The poet writes in a way I have never seen before. She swiftly cuts from one imagery to another in just a single line (from rattlesnakes to fawn and bicyclists). This makes her poems read like lyrics, giving them a sing-song quality. Syncopating your heart with their cadence. With a creative sequencing of prose and verse (sometimes within the same poem), the collection is befitting of its playful title. Zen-like nuances vacillating between quiet yet palpable heartaches, this book is an indulgent read.
The publisher Kenny Leck told me that the poems speak to readers in a new way with every reading. I can’t wait to re-read this book.
The publisher Kenny Leck told me that the poems speak to readers in a new way with every reading. I can’t wait to re-read this book.
February 19, 2024
Oh, everything flew over my head in such a beautiful way. I understood almost nothing but the poet’s words are so pretty and makes me wish for technology in which i can perfectly imagine her visions in my mind. Thank you 😊
April 28, 2022
Refreshingly original language and form. A poet's poet.
February 8, 2020
Lovely writing. Exquisite settings. Transcendent destinations. Always, after reading the words, lines, and poems of Miho Kinnas, I see and feel the world in a new way, inspired. Her poetry is to be read again and again. Her timeless books are uncharted journeys taking this reader somewhere new and everywhere unknown. I highly recommend Move Over, Bird and Today, Fish Only by Miho Kinnas.
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