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PACS 108 (Dr. Line-Noue Kruse): Pacific Poetry

This is a guide for PACS 108 taught by Dr. Line-Noue Kruse

Books and ebooks

Deep river talk by Hone Tuwhare
Call Number: H/P PR9639.3.T8 A6 1994
Habitat Threshold by Craig Santos Perez
Call Number: H/P PS3619.A598 H33 2020
Honua by Sage Uʻilani Takehiro
Call Number: H/P PS3570.A336 H65 2008
Iep jāltok: poems from a Marshallese daughter by Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner
Call Number: H/P PR9670.M373 J474 2017
Mauri ola: contemporary Polynesian poems in English (ebook) by Albert Wendt, Reina Whaitiri, Robert Sullivan
Call Number: click title to access
Night is a sharkskin drum by Haunani Kay Trask
Call Number: H/P PS3570.R3374 N54 2002
Pidgin Eye by Joe Balaz
Call Number: H/P PS3552.A444 P54 2019
Puna wai kōrero: an anthology of Māori poetry in English (ebook) by Reina Whaitiri, Robert Sullivan
Call Number: click title to access
Sourcing siapo by Penina Ava Taesali
Call Number: H/P PS3620.A347 .S68 2016
Whetu Moana: An Anthology of Polynesian Poetry (ebook) by Robert Sullivan, Albert Wendt, Reina Whaitri
Call Number: click title to access

Websites

Videos

*There are many Pacific poetry videos on YouTube, just search for the poet's name. See more examples below.

Anointed by Kathy Jetnil-Kiljiner and Dan Lin
Ask the Brindled by Noʻu Revilla
The Daffodils From A Native's Perspective by Sia Figiel
The ea of enough by Noʻu Revilla
Joy Harjo & Pacific Poets: Living Nations, Living Words
Featuring Joy Harjo, Brandy Nālani McDougall, Noʻu Revilla, and Mahealani Wendt. Moderated by Craig Santos Perez.
Matariki, e by Hinemoana Baker
Poetry as Translation by Jamaica Osorio
Praise Song for Oceania by Craig Santos Perez and Justyn Ah Chong
Stars of Pasifika Poetry 2022 by Auckland Libraries
Songs of poem - Tayi Tibble & Harpistina

Journal articles