Poems

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25120/etropic.19.1.2020.3676

Keywords:

Poetry, Guam, Pacific Islands, Literature, Ecocriticism, Indigeneity

Abstract

This collection of eight orginal poems of the Pacific Islands focus on the theme "Environmental artistic practices and indigeneity: In(ter)ventions, recycling, sovereignty". The first group of three poems, "Age of Plastic," "Rings of Fire," and "Halloween in the Anthropocene" address issues of climate change, waste, and capitalist exploitation. The second group of three poems, "Chanting the Waters," "One Fish, Two Fish," and "Praise Song for Oceania" address issues of water and the ocean from an indigenous Pacific perspective. The final group of two poems, "Family Trees," and "Tronkon Niyok (Coconut Tree)" address issues of militarization and its impact on Guam's trees.

Author Biography

Craig Santos Perez, University of Hawaii, Manoa

Dr. Craig Santos Perez is an indigenous Chamorro from the Pacific Island of Guam. He is the author of four books of poetry and the editor of four anthologies of Pacific literature. He is an associate professor in the English department at the University of Hawaii, Manoa.

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Published

2020-08-30

How to Cite

Perez, C. S. (2020). Poems. ETropic: Electronic Journal of Studies in the Tropics, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.25120/etropic.19.1.2020.3676

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 1 (2020): Special Issue: Environmental Artistic Practices and Indigeneity: In(ter)ventions, Recycling, Sovereignty

Section

Poetry

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