Karen’s Killer Book Bench: DISCOVERY (A Collection of Poetry) by Kenna McKinnon

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DISCOVERY
A Collection of Poetry
BY KENNA McKINNON

Blurb

A collection of poetry by Kenna McKinnon, a member of The Writers’ Guild of Alberta and Canadian Authors Association, contains 63 poems covering the author’s experiences, love stories, fantasies and a variety of perspectives into the life and times of Kenna McKinnon. Broad use of Haiku, metaphors, romance, animals, religion, travel and war round out some of the many topics brought forth in this wonderfully written sampling of poetry.

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DISCOVERY
A Collection of Poetry
BY KENNA McKINNON

Excerpt

NOTE FROM KENNA: Some love poems for spring, the second darker than the first, but hey, who said love was all jellybeans and unicorns?

5 stars a review from JustJudi: “Kenna McKinnon loves words and imagery, and is masterful at using both.”

BUTTERFLIES 

Your bows are leaning by the willow, Merry Men
You gambol in the flowers
take turns with fair Maid Marian
While Robin dances with the cook
There is a certain decorum
that’s lost in springtime
To Sherwood Forest. 

Yes, now that May explodes in pink and white
Every oak hides dryads
Who are trysting with the centaurs
The dog discovers secrets
in the scent of broken swaths of baby grass
And all about the puddle-happy world
The butterflies rise up
in yellow speckled clouds
As though to say
We won again!

MAYDAY 

You who are a delusion
I chased you through hallways of confectionary
Fast down the tanks of marshmallow crème
to chocolate covered daydreams far past
the bricks of sugar which implacably
you impersonated
ll too well for my adolescent lust. 

You knew that yet with candied orchids
poisoned sticks of mulberry still you
plied me with and then I
hallucinated and they told me
I was dangerous.

Poems from the life and times of Kenna McKinnon.

Meet Author Kenna McKinnon…

Kenna McKinnon is a Canadian freelance writer, author of SpaceHive (2012), and Bigfoot Boy: Lost on Earth, as well as Benjamin and Rumblechum, The Insanity Machine; Blood Sister; Short Circuit and Other Geek Stories; DISCOVERY: A Collection of Poetry, Den of Dark Angels, Engaging the Dragon, and Timothie Hill and the Cloak of Power. Her most memorable years were spent at the University of Alberta, where she graduated with a degree in Anthropology. Kenna is a member of the Writers’ Guild of Alberta and a professional member of the Canadian Authors Association. She has two children and three grandsons. Her hobbies include fitness, health, drawing, reading, walking, music, cooking, volunteering, and baking for friends.

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Links to Kenna’s website, blog, books, etc.

 Amazon: http://amzn.to/2G3XF48

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