5/19/2023 0 Comments The world is round nikky finney![]() ![]() These poems, in other words, have the power to save us." Her carefully modulated free verse is always purposeful in its desire to move the reader in a way that allows us intimate access to necessary observations about ourselves. Finney has an ear to go along with the wild-ness of her imagination, which sweeps through history like a pair of wings. "Beginning with the sweepingly inclusive and powerful 'Red Velvet,' a Middle Passage poem for our times, Nikky Finney takes the reader to a wonderfully alive world where the musical possibilities of language overflow with surprise and innovation. ![]() ![]() We all, especially now, need this book of poems we all, especially now, need this poet." She exploded with so much talent with On Wings Made of Gauze and beautifully matured with Rice, yet Head Off & Split takes the promise of youth with the control of adulthood to bring her greatest exploration. "Nikky Finney has been a fine poet much too long to say that this latest treasure is her promise coming into being. Nikky Finney is a professor of creative writing at the University of Kentucky and the author of three previous volumes of poetry: The World Is Round, Rice, and On Wings Made of Gauze. Verse Daily: About Head Off & Split by Nikky Finney ® ![]()
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