Miho Kinnas
Miho Kinnas, a 2019 & 2023 Pushcart Prize nominee, is a Japanese poet, author, and translator. In 2023, Best American Poetry selected her poem, Three Shrimp Boats on the Horizon, initially published in Wet Cement Magazine. Her translation appeared in Tokyo Poetry Journal Vol. 12. She is the author of three poetry collections: Today, Fish Only and Move Over, Bird (Math Paper Press) and Waiting for Sunset to Bury Red Camellias (Free Verse Press). In 2025, she was on the panel held at the inaugural Atlanta Botanical Garden Haiku Festival, featured author at Hobart Festival of Women Writers in 2025 and 2026. She holds an MFA in creative writing (poetry) from the City University of Hong Kong. Please visit: https://www.mihokinnas.com for more information about her.
Student Feedback for Miho
Miho is awesome. She is wise in her teaching, knows the history of her poetry, and offers great feedback. Amy Smith
Miho is a well published haiku poet. She is deft and kind with her skill. Very generous with her time and email responses. Live zoom meetings were two hours and felt like much less, smoothly went by, learning. Most memorable, is she wrote a poem with each of us, called a rengay. You will learn this, haibun, and other forms in this course. Miho gave us a good foundation to write better haiku and learn more in another class, with her, I hope. Joseph Caperna
Miho went above and beyond my expectations to deliver a fabulous workshop experience. She encourages writing and dialogue with her and among participants. Can’t wait to take another course with her! Celeste Pfister
The explanation of form and the survey of how Japanese poetic forms have been written and interpreted was eye-opening. Miho is very perceptive. Verena Tay
Miho is an excellent, and collaborative-style teacher. Jeff Skinner
