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Showing posts with label Tonga. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tonga. Show all posts

Thursday, 1 October 2026

Tiare - Konai Helu Thaman

drenched in the sprays
of Tangaloa
you are born
fragile silence falls
gently from the eyes
of the sky

Wednesday, 1 April 2026

Vavau and Haapai - Falepapalangi

My longing is told to the wind;
Is it a thing in which one may joy,
That in this land we abide?
Fair beckons the strand of Keitahi,1
And the wave-beat of Tausisivatvaki1—
Who is there content to stay here?

Tuesday, 22 April 2025

How I love her way - Tangatailoa

How I love her way,
Love her way that is hers alone,
Little green pigeon still unlearned;
The pigeon we’re seeking is a maiden.

Sunday, 10 November 2024

A celebration of peace (for Adam Curle) - Konai Helu Thaman

 today we come together
 to read and sing of peace
 lay aside our differences
 rise and greet the breeze

Saturday, 28 January 2023

The way ahead - Konai Helu Thaman

we cannot see
far into the distance
neither can we see
what used to stand there

Tuesday, 22 February 2022

My Dear Hina! - Peni Latu

I shall tell you so that all may know
Of the dream that appeared in my mind
My most precious bread cast upon the water
Drifting further afar and into oblivion

Monday, 26 March 2018

When we tell - Loa Niumeitolu

I know English was brought
by White people to our country.

Tuesday, 9 May 2017

Blood in the Kava Bowl - Epeli Hauʻofa

In the twilight we sit drinking kava
from the bowl between us.
Who we are we know and need not say
for the soul we share came from Vaihi.