Notes

Where are you from? : A place to stand. Inside us the dead (the New Zealand-born version). Where are you from?. Five poems on not being a real Tongan. There are no words for us. For my cousin. Fonu
These are the new legends : Poem for Luamanuvao Winnie Laban. Creation myth. For nine months no words. Victory to the people: Nikolasi is born. Honouring Tu'ipelehake. July 6, 2006. A commoner's lament. Paper mulberry secrets. Mother-of-pearl. A well written body. Floor show on the south side. Safe journey
How I came to love the King : How I came to love the King. Sunrays down. Return of the King. The cortège. Eating media umu. For Barona Vaea. The King's road. Backlash. Duty is joy. Inheritance. Brown-eyed girl
From the ashes : Who will douse the lights?. The kulukulu calls. www.tonga-now.to
Black butterfly : I am not a playcentre mother. Cocoon. Pupae. La-di-da. Flutter. The black butterfly. Pulotu wings. Waking the taniwha. How to write a love poem. Insomnia. Gyspy moth. This is how the story goes. Icarus of the iris. Let us. How to catch a butterfly. The sex life of butterflies. Our psychic hands. The black albatross. How poems are made. The end of butterfly weather. One-season wonders. Oceania. For the father of my children. I am swimming among my selves. Tūrangawaewae