I’m coming to meet you I’m coming to see you What stories will I find? Will I find an island or a tomb? To get to this tomb take a canoe. Take a canoe through miles of scattered sun. Swallow endless swirling sea. Gulp down radioactive lagoon. Do not bring flowers, or speeches. There will… Read More
The following is a bit of a #latepost – it was originally published in the website under the Pacific based non-profit PREL (Pacific Resources for Education and Learning) Pacific Storyteller’s Cooperative. This was published on October 30, before I headed out to COP23 in Germany. My work for COP23 began this past year in Fiji, where I attended my first retreat… Read More
We just lost two climate champions for the Marshall Islands within days of each other – former Minister Mattlan Zackhras and former Climate Ambassador Tony DeBrum. Both were major players on the international scene, in raising awareness on climate change and also on nuclear testing. But they were also just good, humble men who were grandfathers, fathers, uncles, brothers,… Read More
My latest poem video has finally been released. This was a simpler poem video than my last one (Islands Dropped from a Basket) created for the Honolulu Biennial this past February. “Butterfly Thief” was a poem that was curated by an energy company in London called Good Energy whose mission is to “is to transform the UK energy market by helping homes… Read More
Poet and scholar Teresia Teaiwa passed away last week. She was a mentor and a teacher to me and and as a fellow Micronesian her writing has influenced and guided so much of my work – but more than anything she was just simply an amazing person and friend. She was her work and her writing, but she was also… Read More
When I was initially approached by my friend (amazing scholar and writer) Greg Dvorak to join the Honolulu Biennial, I agreed but with reservations. The Honolulu Biennial Foundation’s mission statement proudly proclaims its support for local arts infrastructure with a global outreach by presenting an arts festival. Greg told me all the huge names that would be included in this… Read More
“A book to be read slowly. Savored. Admired for it’s precision of language and emotion.” – Alice Walker