Miho Kinnas
Three Poems

Hometown

 

I hear my name

in my mother’s voice —

a missing shoe

 

Dark tulips disappear 

into the shadow leaving

white ones behind

 

The sound catalogue:

tofu seller’s brass horn, tap

water gushing, a baby’s cry

 

 

 

Dead Tide

 

The crab 

the size of my footprint

flesh picked out.

The walking legs are splayed 

like a discarded face mask

The swimming legs had a plan.

 

 

 

Three Shrimp Boats On The Horizon 

 

.....Moon..............White...............Seagulls.

.....Kites................Cirrus...............Horizon.

.....Air....................Water...............Wishes.

 

.....Turn................Wait..................Listen.

.....Shades...........Mirrors.............Distance.

.....Depth.............Tones................Whispers.

 

.....Prussian.........Blues................Strings.

.....Cries...............Lost...................Crystal.

.....Rock...............Paper................Scissors.​

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