Mauri ola : contemporary Polynesian poems in English / edited by Albert Wendt, Reina Whaitiri & Robert Sullivan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wendt, Albert, 1939-

Whaitiri, Reina, 1943-

Sullivan, Robert, 1967-

Series:

Whetū moana ; 2.

Whetu moana, 1179-7452 ; II

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Polynesian poetry (English).

Polynesia--Poetry.

Polynesia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Place of Publication:

Auckland, N.Z. : Auckland University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Mauri Ola: Contemporary Polynesian Poems in English is a follow-up volume to the highly acclaimed Whetu Moana, the first anthology of Polynesian poems in English edited by Polynesians. The new book includes poetry written over the last 25 years by more than 80 writers from Aotearoa, Hawai'i, Tonga, Samoa, the Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau, Tahiti and Rotuma – some living in these islands and some dispersed around the globe. Together with works by established and celebrated poets, the editors have introduced the fresh voices of a younger generation. The anthology includes selections from poets including Alistair Te Ariki Campbell, Sia Figiel, J. C. Sturm, Konai Helu Thaman, Haunani-Kay Trask, Hone Tuwhare and Albert Wendt. The late Hawaiian poet Wayne Kaumualii Westlake is represented here by a unique set of concrete poems and experimental verse. Tusiata Avia tells tales of Nafanua in different settings around the world; Rangi Faith imagines ‘First Landing'; Imaikalani Kalahele writes a letter to his brother; Brandy Nalani McDougall discusses ‘cooking Captain Cook'; Karlo Mila, eating chocolate, watches ‘paul holmes apologise for calling kofi annan a darkie'; Robert Sullivan writes against the grain; and Apirana Taylor follows zigzag roads. Ranging from the lyrical and sensual to the harsh and gritty, from the political to the personal, the poems in Mauri Ola are infused with vivid imagery, claims of identity, laments, rages and celebrations that confront again a colonial past and a global present.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Introduction

Acknowledgements

Alohi Ae‘a

Hālāwai

Between Bells

Endings

Vinepa Aiono

A Measure of Manukau

Kimo Armitage

Once, a long time ago

I Am Stupid

Upon Hearing the News that My Friend Has Terminal Cancer

Tusiata Avia

Fresh from the Islands

Pa'u-stina

Wild Dogs Under My Skirt

Nafanua explains her pedigree

Nafanua talks about her tupu'aga o le aiga

Hinemoana Baker

Last Born

Still

Sound Check

Joe Balaz

For the Wonders of the Universe

Zen

Serie Barford

How Things Change

Found Again

Nautilus Woman

Valerie Bichard

Nasalia

Vu ni yalo

Arapera Hineira Kaa Blank

Conversation With A Ghost 1974"1985

To A Sensitive Person

Bub Bridger

Wild Daisies

The Swans

At the Conference

Audrey Brown-Pereira

the reincarnated mm: a cross cultural exchange between the big island taxi drivers and the young girl a expert visiting samoa for the south pacific games

Leilani Burgoyne

The Beach

Tania Butcher

Muriwai

Te Tiriti O Waitangi (Oh, The Treaty)

Alistair Te Ariki Campbell

28 (Maori) Battalion: LVII and LXV

Cages for the Wind: XI Warning to Children

Cook Islands Rhapsodies: I, IX and XI

Jacqueline Carter

Our tipuna remain

Letter to a friend

Hīkoi Poem

Thoughts on what's happening on Waiheke Island

Sam Cruickshank

As good as it gets

iMāori

Chelsea Mana'olana Duarte

Makua

The Archbishop

Spaces

David Eggleton

Steve Irwin Way

Brightness

Takapuna Beach

Rangi Faith

After reading Jonathan Waterman

First Landing

Rivers Without Eels

A Special Expedition

Conversation with a moahunter

Joe Kalepo Fanua

Ginger roots

Forehead to forehead

Sia Figiel

Car commercials

Dawn approaching I think of a friend

The daffodils " from a native's perspective

Kai Gaspar

The Broken Pounder

The Visitor

Marewa Glover

Saturday

Michael Greig

Tango

Rore Hapipi

MÄ?ori Land Protest March

Waiata Tangi

Tame Iti

Aroha Harris

How She Knows She is Maori: a checklist

Kina

Ku'ualoha Ho'omanawanui

Tatz

Imaikalani Kalahele

Ē Laka Ē

Make Rope

A Letter to My Brother

School Street Bridge

Kaho'olawe

Phil Kawana

Adrift

Evolution

How to Train Your Labourer

Urupa

David Keali'i

Quilt Poem

Kealoha

Recess

Nina Kirifi-Alai

Alapati

Ann Marie Nalani Kirk

The Market

Victoria Kneubuhl

For Tasi (Dotsy)

Olo

Kapulani Landgraf

Maka‘awa‘awa

White Woman

Susana Lei‘ataua

Late Night Farewell

Naomi Losch Blood Quantum 2.

Notes:

Includes indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781869407230

1869407237

OCLC:

863821866