Only This Step - Softcover

Kenney, Philip

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798888380963

Publisher: Finishing Line Press, 2023

Synopsis

With subtlety and directness these haiku illuminate again and again the astonishing realities of the world and consciousness itself. Whether in the yearning of a windchime, or the hunger to realize the patience of a tree readers of Only This Step will find that these poems open the mind to new ways of seeing and experiencing. In an introductory essay to haiku, former United States Poet Laureate, Billy Collins wrote this about the nature of this form: ". . . flat definitions fall well short of accounting for haiku's mysterious power to cause in the reader's consciousness a sudden shift, literally a new way of seeing." Philip Kenney's haiku in Only This Step fulfill the nature of that promise.

About this title

About the Author

Philip Kenney writes and practices psychotherapy in Portland, Oregon. His most recent book, The Writer's Crucible: Meditations on Emotion, Being and Creativity, was a finalist for The Red City Review 2018 Non-Fiction Book of the Year. This work is intended to support writers with the emotional vulnerabilities they face living a creative life. In 2018, his essay, The Rebirth of Masculinity: What We Can Learn from Harvey Weinstein and Co. was published in issue #7 of The Timberline Review. He is also the author of the novel, Radiance, and a collection of poetry, Where Roses Grow. In the Spring of 2019, Mr. Kenney began writing haiku to help lubricate his mind from the stress of the Pandemic. By June he had written over a hundred and fifty and began putting together this chapbook.

Edition details

• Publisher: Finishing Line Press
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798888380963
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 40