What looks like a regular lagoon in the photo above is actually a crater created by the Bravo bomb. And the tiny speck of a canoe is where our crew was seated, looking out at a brilliant blue that was once the site of the largest nuclear blast ever detonated in the world. This was the last stop … [Read more...]
Dome Poem Part I: The Voyage
Back in Majuro after spending 2 weeks on the Okeanos - Foundation for the Sea canoe. Still processing the amazing trip to Enewetak, Runit and Bikini, site of some of the worst nuclear destruction in the world. It was a transformative journey to say the least, and pretty rough at times too … [Read more...]
New Year, New Monsters, New Poems
For my first blog post of 2018, I thought I’d take some time to reflect on my first poem project of the year – the Dome Poem, as I like to call it, which focuses on the Runit Dome. The Runit Dome was once just Runit – one of the islets that make up Enewetak atoll. It was incinerated thanks to … [Read more...]
After COP23: A Sevusevu in German Rain
It’s been over two weeks since I left COP23, and I’m only now beginning to unravel what I learned. When I started this blog post, it was meant to be a broad overview of this recent conference - but I ended up focused on one of our actions that began our trip: a traditional Fijian ceremony … [Read more...]
Before COP23: On #Haveyoursei, Loss, and Poetry
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 … [Read more...]
Film Review: Island Soldier
Wind chimes made of shell casings, a sepia toned desert, and the lush greens of an island. Images throughout Nathan Fitch’s film, “Island Soldier,” a documentary on Micronesians serving in the US military, are at once crisp and remarkably beautiful, and yet, like the stories it tells, they are also … [Read more...]
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