pc: Chewy Lin This past December, I was grateful to be a part of a series of poem videos that were released to commemorate the 5th Anniversary of the signing of the Paris Agreement. Five years ago, I was in Paris attending COP21, performing poetry on climate change alongside other poet activists … [Read more...]
Remarks for 2020 Pacific Ocean Pacific Climate Change Conference
** This was a keynote I wrote for 2020 Pacific Climate Change Conference in October where I was asked to reflect on the past COP25, the upcoming anniversary of the Paris Agreement, and youth and arts (kind of the usual actually). Iakwe aolep im kommol to the organizing committee for this … [Read more...]
A poem: Grounded
"Im eor jet rej buromoj im rej ettor im armej rej jibwe er mokta jan aer ekkake." "And, there were some who were buromoj [afflicted by melancholia or grief], and they run, and people seize them, before they can fly away." (266, 262) "Story about lōrro" ribwebenato Jelibor Jam, 1975. Stories … [Read more...]
Thoughts on climate and covid
What a weird and awful time in the world right now. When I moved back home to the Marshalls this past December, after three years of being based in Portland, Oregon, I never thought our country would suddenly be locked down, for months at a time, cut off from the rest of the world. I never thought … [Read more...]
Bulldozed Reefs and Blasted Sands: Rituals for Artificial Islands
A shot of my performance at the Asia Pacific Triennial at the Queensland Art Gallery in November 2018. Photograph: Natasha Harth / Image courtesy: QAGOMA Iakwe aolep – it’s been a while since my last blog post. Last year was hectic and instead of updating my blog alongside my social media I fell … [Read more...]
Dome Poem Part III: “Anointed” Final Poem and Video
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 … [Read more...]
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