Ovarian Twists

ISBN: 1930083025

Author: Kim, Ayssa

Condition: New

Review Anyssa Kim already knows ancient keys. . . . Mine these poems. They are yours, a gift from Air's Knife. -- Bob Holman, roving poet and founder and director of the Bowery Poetry ClubKim is an exquisite stylist who... will suddenly lift an image that trails incantatory and incendiary power -- Jim Feast, from American Book Review, Autumn 2003Reading her poems is like walking into a museum of fine subtle pieces. A fine imagination at work. -- Ishmael Reed, poet, essayist, novelist and founder of the Before Columbus Foundation Product Description Poetry. "Whether writing about photographs, `lovelust,' yellow cabs, syncopated jazz, or tackling the dilemma of identity and race, poet-artist Anyssa Kim offers us a range of verbal music stretching from high voltage red to muted blues that linger in the afternotes of memory. Experimental in her use of lines, and taking on metaphors that dance and flex muscles, her work pulses with savvy and subtle messages or urban life. With this book Kim makes an impressive debut. Brava"--Colette Inez. "Reading her poems is like walking into a museum of fine subtle pieces. One has to take a second trip lest one misses something. A fine imagination at work"--Ishmael Reed. From the Publisher In her first book of poetry, Ovarian Twists, Anyssa Kim manages to accomplish one of the purest tasks of poetry as an art form, the transcendence of the self. She gives the reader imagery of the world around her as she sees it through character sketches, rants and segments of episodes of life boiling before her eyes: on the subway, on the streets, in stores, and in her dream world and memory lanes. The art work included in the book is a different realm of Anyssa?s imagination. Decomposing monsters and humble human creatures with wild eyes come up from the pages intertwining with typed words. Anyssa Kim covers a vast expanse of life?s daunting realities, possibilities, and schemes. The poet speaks of love, rape, understanding the clouds, and connections with strangers. A million more things she articulates on the pages of her collection of poetry have to be read and felt, not relayed and summarized. About the Author Anyssa Kim is a New York City poet, writer, self-taught visual artist and performance artist, and a classically-trained violinist. She plays regularly with the New York Repertory Orchestra, has been on stage performing her own monologues at the Westbeth Theater and Nuyorican Poets Cafe theater, has been invited to read short stories and poetry at Mixta Gallery, A Gathering of the Tribes, Bowery Poetry Club, Cornelia Street Cafe and at universities and colleges such as Pace University, Sarah Lawrence, Fordham University and more. She has poetry included in the tenth issue of A Gathering of the Tribes Magazine. Excerpt. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. breakfast when ovaries pop i feel another unscrambled eye drop, ablaze i don't eat unfertilized animals! who cares? mother hen clucks with forked disapproval bacon and grill hiss in chorus at me, post-coital fashion so do you want to send it back she booms there are children starving where you came from where i came from? i ponder the yellow center and its white border of teeth poised to snap even the juice glass sweats no, it's ok, i'll keep it sharp tongs pierce sunshine, such bleeding always runs in circles