Mihku Paul

“Before Dawn” and Others               

“Some, swallowed from view in

one gulp of alley.  I stood on that corner

too long.  It could have been years,

long empty belly seasons, no destination in   

                        particular but you, my signpost,

guiding me out of street limbo.”

By Mihku Paul

Mihku Paul is a writer, visual artist, and storyteller.  A Malaseet Indian, member of Kingsclear First Nation, N.B., Canada. She was born and raised  along the Penobscot  River in Maine. Mihku received a traditional education from her grandfather, a Maliseet trapper and  river guide who traveled in a wild west show and later served in WWII.  She holds a bachelors degree in liberal arts with a focus on communication and human development and an MFA in creative writing. Her poetry has been published in Words and Images, The Stolen Island Review and the Goose River Anthology. “Look Twice:  The Waponahki in Image & Verse” is her first multimedia installation, and includes archival photographs, poetry and original graphic art.  The exhibit, first installed at the Abbe Museum, in Bar Harbor, Maine, will be on view at its third venue in the spring of 2011. She resides in Portland, Maine.