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Pouliuli 8

Pouliuli 8 Doug Poole To Edwina Gogo`sina Ulberg and Kake Ulberg You are speaking To me in Samoan I laugh, you laugh too, your body becomes a siva, as you talk in the language of youth Before I came to Niu Sila Pouliuli dwelt only in the Depth of midnight. Before I came to Niu Sila the Sun and moon cleared the path to My Father's tethered horse You are speaking To me in Samoan I cry, you cry too your body becomes a twisted Aoa. You become the stories filling my eyes that come to me in terror Before I came to Niu Sila Poululi only existed within creases of V; the patterned malu on my thighs The Contemporary Pacific, Volume 22, Number 2, 394­395 © 2010 by University of Hawai`i Press poole · pouliuli 8 Before I came to Niu Sila I watched the day break With my sister on my knee Glossary aoa: banyan tree malu: tattoo worn by high-ranking women Niu Sila: New Zealand siva: type of Samoan dance v: concept of space time and relativity; the space between all things http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Contemporary Pacific University of Hawai'I Press

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Doug Poole To Edwina Gogo`sina Ulberg and Kake Ulberg You are speaking To me in Samoan I laugh, you laugh too, your body becomes a siva, as you talk in the language of youth Before I came to Niu Sila Pouliuli dwelt only in the Depth of midnight. Before I came to Niu Sila the Sun and moon cleared the path to My Father's tethered horse You are speaking To me in Samoan I cry, you cry too your body becomes a twisted Aoa. You become the stories filling my eyes that come to me in terror Before I came to Niu Sila Poululi only existed within creases of V; the patterned malu on my thighs The Contemporary Pacific, Volume 22, Number 2, 394­395 © 2010 by University of Hawai`i Press poole · pouliuli 8 Before I came to Niu Sila I watched the day break With my sister on my knee Glossary aoa: banyan tree malu: tattoo worn by high-ranking women Niu Sila: New Zealand siva: type of Samoan dance v: concept of space time and relativity; the space between all things

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The Contemporary PacificUniversity of Hawai'I Press

Published: Sep 19, 2010

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