This week Vaughan (http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/Writers/Profiles/Rapatahana%2c%20Vaughan) and I (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/) discuss our respective poems, "tahi kupu anake / only one word" and "Significance," and the value of language.
Take a listen to also find out about poetry events taking place in the valley during the week of December 30th.
Photo of Vaughan Rapatahana (https://jacket2.org/commentary/vaughan-rapatahana) by Leticia Canlas
Confirmed 2020 reading and presentation dates:
1 March in Carterton, NZ at Wairarapa Word
19 March at Meteor Theatre, Hamilton, NZ
25 March MCing at the University of Auckland Lounge readings of leading poets
3 to 5 July at the Third Colin Wilson conference in Nottingham, England (Not poetry)
15-21 July at the International Poetry Nights festival in Curtea de Arges, Romania
Links for topics we discussed:
1. Maori culture: https://www.newzealandnow.govt.nz/living-in-nz/settling-in/maori-culture
2. Southbank Centre Endangered Poetry Project: https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/blog/endangered-poetry-project
3. Poems from the Edge of Extinction: https://www.johnmurraypress.co.uk/titles/chris-mccabe/poems-from-the-edge-of-extinction/9781473693012/
4. Disappearing island nations: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190813-how-to-save-a-sinking-island-nation
5. Marshall Islands: https://www.pacificrisa.org/places/republic-of-the-marshall-islands/
6. Land loss in the Mississippi River Delta: http://mississippiriverdelta.org/our-coastal-crisis/land-loss/
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