April is Poetry Month! Come check out the variety of Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Poetry on display this month. ʻĀina, moʻolelo, art, death, identity, family, colonization, sovereignty, sex -- lots of topics to explore. You'll be sure to find some wordy delights. All books on display can be borrowed.
Hawaiian Poetry
Westlake: Poems by Wayne Kaumualii Westlake (1947-1984)
by
Wayne Kaumualii Westlake
Ulu
by
Kai Gaspar
Life of the Land: Articulations of a Native Writer
by
Dana Naone Hall
Honua: A Collection of Poetry
by
Sage Uʻilani Takehiro
From Hunger to Prayer: Poems
by
D. Kealiʻi MacKenzie
The Salt-Wind = Ka Makani Paʻakai
by
Brandy Nālani McDougall
Kalahele: Poetry and Art
by
Imaikalani Kalahele
Sista Tongue
by
Lisa Linn Kanae
The Echo of Our Song: Chants & Poems of the Hawaiians
by
Translated & Edited by Mary Kawena Pukui; Alfons L. Korn
Light in the Crevice Never Seen
by
Haunani-Kay Trask
The Mana of Salt
by
D. Kealiʻi MacKenzie
Ask the Brindled: Poems
by
Noʻu Revilla
Proposed Additions
by
Donovan Kūhiō Colleps
Pacific Islander Poetry
Searching for Nei Nimʻanoa
by
Teresia Kieuea Teaiwa
Vārua Tupu: New Writing from French Polynesia
by
Frank Stewart; Kareva Mateata-Allain; Alexander Dale Mawyer (editors)
Mauri Ola: Contemporary Polynesian Poems in English
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Edited by Albert Wendt; Reina Whaitiri; Robert Sullivan
The Savage Coloniser Book
by
Tusiata Avia
Blue Rain
by
Ruperake Petaia
Poūkahangatus: Poems
by
Tayi Tibble
Black Stone: Poems
by
Grace Mera Molisa
Always Italicise: How to Write While Colonised
by
Alice Te Punga Somerville
Coconut Milk
by
Dan Taulapapa McMullin
Deep River Talk: Collected Poems
by
Hone Tuwhare
Tai, Heart of a Tree: A Collection of Poems
by
Momoe Malietoa Von Reiche