Home, Ronna Su’a
Our crown is in the God we serve, there we find our core foundation in who we are. We are the peoples of seas that carried our ancestors and land that tell of their stories. To the world, our islands are havens of paradise, to...
For My Little Sister’s Namesake, VeaKiTokelau Molitika
In Loving Memory of Lavinia Havea Molitika Garden I find myself at Peace- With company. The bird amorously toys with the fragrant bloom of the Heilala in a swift love affair. Then it departs. What is the left is the redolence – and I fear...
That’s My Mother
A flash of lightening in her smile, That’s my Mother. Perfected buiniga, a Tekiteki in her ear, That’s my Mother. A bold rep lip, a spray of perfume, That’s my Mother. An elegant glide in 6 inch heels, That’s my Mother. An earl grey tea...
Brown Skin, Ronna Su’a
Papalangi: You, with the brown skin, big eyes and thick long hair. You are a child of the wavering seas and abundant lands. You’re a Pacific Islander aren’t you. Forgive me for singling you out, here let me introduce myself. My name is western society...
The Spirit of a Ta’ahine, VeaKiTokelau Molitika
Her oil glistens in the sunlight, The voice of older women gossipping is heard, either expressing contempt of her beauty or showing unneeded approval, “Her oil glistens, meaning she is still a virgin.” But she pays them no mind, As her focus is seduced by...
Wherever, you belong, you are not alone
How do we know what knowledge is? How do we attain it? And how do we measure it’s worth? Western-thinking associates knowledge with written literature. But knowledge existed long before people could read and write. Across the Pacific, many years before European contact, countless ways of...
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