Somewhere a cleaner
Subtitle: their voices, in poems and prose
By: edited by Adrienne Jansen, Te Rongomai Tipene-Matua, Joan Begg, Wesley Hollis, Nicky Subono
Publisher: Landing Press
Published: 2020
Place of publication: New Zealand
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780473547134
Subjects: Cleaning; Poetry; Cleaning personnel; Anecdotes; Social conditions
Description: "Somewhere a cleaner captures the spirit, the highs and the lows of [cleaning, an] occupation that often falls below the radar... Through songs, rhymes, deeply insightful poems and poignant small stories, this anthology gives a voice to a profession both invisible and indispensable"--back cover.
Table of contents: title: Hei whakawātea i te ara; title: I am a cleaner. That's who I am (My journey / Mele Peaua ; Stained rafters / Anthony Tipene-Matua ; Coming clean / J.J. Deely ; Before and after / Annika Ohlson-Smith ; The lockdown / Teetu kaitai-John); title: A rag for every occasion (Rags of time / Gail Pittaway ; Brooms / Zita Tua Freshwater ; Grime poet / Gail Ingram ; Mind cleaning / Vaughan Rapatakana ; Memento mori / S.J. Mannion ; Dettol / Janet Charman ; Dance with the buffer / Gary Bradshaw); title: Twelve floors lifts and stairs (Wiped away / Ian Craven ; Monday morning / Mohan Singh ; Inside, outside, cleaner, job well done / Rango Moanaroa ; Cleanuing trek / Francis Eliot ; Kingo nei, ae 'oli'oli taeao / Misilifi Faimalo ; Cleaning for a joyful tomorrow / Misilifi Faimalo, Linda Pears ; Fa'amamāina o le si'osi'onanga / Val Faimalo ; A clean and healthy environment / Val Faimalo, Linda Pears ; Stair encounter / Peter King ; @invisible.co / Paul Maunder ; rotten / Brian Meynell ; wellington cleaning / Brian Meynell ; Hi! I am a cleaner / Jagdev Singh ; The supervisors / Paula Atiaga, Ana Aumua ; Sunday afternoon excursion / Denise O'Hagan); title: Everyday there's always more housework (Emergency / Sibylle Hausser Billquist ; Saint Zita (c. 1212-1272) / Tui Bevin ; High dusting / Tui Bevin ; A house is freedom! / Im Touch ; Baby grand / Tina Shaw ; Across borders / Peter Moshi ; Anwir Hormer ; Nzo Yousif ; Janet Moshi ; Alex Moshi ; The wonky cleaner / Anna Dolan ; Here I clean the haunted house of the past / Sibhan Harvey ; Cleaning my bedroom / Unaiza Akram ; Maria Cervantes ; Hannah Cervantes ; Dranrhev Cuaresna ; Siaosi Siupolu ; Thi-Suong Vang ; Christina Malulau ; Nga Mea ; Dhan Cuaresna ; Jowan Ni ; Adrian Pedida ; Revin Pedida ; Rosemarie Malaulau ; Formula / Edna Heled); title: Bring the clothes in before dark (Love and laundry / Jilly O'Brien ; vintage / Kate Railton-Jacks); title: Doing the ward rounds (Anything / Trish harris ; Wake-up call / Melissa Puna ; Cleaner boy / Gebriel Dyangoo ; My neighbour / Ruth Arnison ; Awesome / Julianne Munro ; Unmasked: Covid conversatiosn / Jesse-Ana Harris ; Dust and ashes / Tony Beyer); title: You climb over the edge with your bucket attached (Sneaker Clean / Christian Prescott ; The Clock Shop / Anne Greeff ; The car and us / Yazan El Fares ; Final round / Don Franks ; The boat-hull cleaner / Trevor Burgess ; Over the edge / James Boag ; Window cleaners / Michael Hall); title: Tickle with the toilet brush / Morphing / Rosemary McGowan ; The high school, the toilet, the legend / Christopher Maoare ; A winning attitude / Joanne Cho); title: Flay the king-sized beds (Advice for the baby hotel cleaner / Tiffany Allan ; Dishwasher / Sevgi Ikinci ; Working as a cleaner at Ballintaggart House and Hotel in County Kerry / Johanna Aitchison ; Glofden Coast / Philippa Werry ; Cleaning the Pacific Palms Hotel / Janice Marriott ; Happy in my work / Feana Tu'ahai ; The scream / Desna Wallace); title: We are everywhere like air (Shit job / Amanda Nally ; Making a difference / Lorraine Dabvoren ; The mysterious woman from the top floor / Lee Cochran ; Cleaning the church / Melannie Misola ; Cleaning career, 1983 / Jeremy Roberts ; Captain's rounds / Robin J. Nelson ; A noble profession / Wesley Hollis ; Humility / Dean Hollis ; Kotahitanga through cleaning / Rosalie Wallen ; Orgies / Lynn Jenner); title: Cleaning, dusting, sweeping, wiping Till the stars see the sky (It's nother phase / Rayan Amarasekara ; A foot of a hare / Qailna ; Kārearea / Rangitane & Te Rongonui Tipene-Matua ; spark joy / Feana Tu'akoi ; Hazards / Anna Dolan ; Cleaning up / D.B. Dahal ; A cleaner's poem for Paul Bennett / Don Franks); title: Finding our inner self (Cleanliness is half my faith / Nicky Subono ; River rites / Marilyn Garson / Wai ora / Keri-Anne Stephens ; Sprinkling the water / Sahara Sorothilli ; For out Hyge=iene Technicians (Cleaners) / Stephen Douglas)