The poets and poetry of Pacific Views
Pacific Views is presented in partnership with the Sydney Environment Institute and PARADISEC, the Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures.
Image: The Seabirds of Bramble Cay 1933, Maizab Kaur, Torres Strait, HP87.1.138
Poet: Craig Santos Perez
Further reading: Praise Song for Oceania
Image: Section pipe of diamond drill on reef platform 1897, Funafuti, Tuvalu, HP90.28.4888
Poet: Fenton Luntunatabua
Further reading: the full text of 'Matagi Mālohi'
Image: Morobe District N.G. - Tami Island - canoe, c.1930-50, Morobe province, Papua New Guinea, HP99.1.528
Poet: Déwé Gorodé
Further reading: Sharing as Custom Provides, Selected Poems of Déwé Gorodé
Image: Nauru Lagoon in centre of island c.1930, HP99.1.1955
Poet: Makiuti Tongia
Further reading: ‘Spirit of the land’ was published in Korero: Poems, Mana Publications, 1977
Image: Eruption of Baluan [Kalamanagunan] 1937, Rabaul, East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea, HP.90.28.2470
Poet: Apisai Enos
Further reading: ‘TRUTH’ is from the book High Water, Papua Pocket Poets, 1971
Image: [Island] c.1930, unknown location, HP2008.1.367
Poet: John Kasaipwalova
Further reading: the full text of ‘Sunset tears’
The poem is from the book Hanuabada, Papua Pocket Poets, 1972
Image: The hill ?Tumebu as seen from Tangoa – looking onto the mainland of Santo. Typical raised coral hill 1903, Espiritu Santo, Sanma Province, Vanuatu, HP90.28.2437
Poet: Grace Mera Molisa
Further reading: ‘Black Stone’ was published in Black Stone, Mana Publications, 1983
Image: Navua River, Fiji c.1920, Viti Levu, Western-Central Division, Fiji, HP2008.1.251
Poet: Terisa Siagatonu
Further reading: see the author’s video of ‘Atlas’.
Image: ?Kaluiuaa Falls. Ohau c.1920, Kaliuwaʻa, Hau’ula, O’ahu, Hawai’I, HP90.28.2635
Poet: Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osario
Further reading: the full text of ‘Notes on Surviving the End of the world, Again’
Featured image: China Straits from Samarai Island, Papua New Guinea, 1929. Photographer William J Jackson, Macleay Collections, HP2013.1.2