So I recently had the honor of being interviewed by Heather Jarvis on Radio Australia for World Poetry Day. I’m not exactly sure how Heather found out about my writing, but she contacted me via facebook and we ended up scheduling a phone interview. I have to admit – I was pretty psyched. I’m a pretty new writer and it’s… Read More
poem: Bursts of Bianca
When you come through the door, she is a burst of smiles sunny afternoons giggle glitter and deepdeep eyes deepdeep dimples that radiate from her starchy crinkled gown She is 10 you see the feeding tube snaking into her nose the iv that breaks into the skin of her wrist the twist of her fists in her sheets But don’t… Read More
feature on jacket 2 blog
so cool! my poem “tell them”, the piece i wrote on climate change and the marshall islands, was recently featured on the Jacket 2 blog after i wrote in on one of their posts about “poetic terminology for climate change. The link is here: http://jacket2.org/commentary/ocean-leveling-land-0
Remembering Uncle Carl Heine
There are things we choose to remember about a man once he is laid to rest. However, in some ways, Carl Heine was more than a man – he was a piece of Marshall Islands history. The path that he chose placed him on the frontlines of change, just as the face of RMI began to transform dramatically. Among the… Read More
poem: Tell Them
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9D88ST9qbw&feature=player_embedded] Tell Them I prepared the package for my friends in the states the dangling earrings woven into half moons black pearls glinting like an eye in a storm of tight spirals the baskets sturdy, also woven brown cowry shells shiny intricate mandalas shaped by calloused fingers Inside the basket a message: Wear these earrings to parties to your… Read More
poem: Legend (a draft)
III. jesus might have been a man and so was adam but the sail that powers the Marshallese canoe which feeds our family which fights our wars which claims our land which visits clans came from a mother.
