Title: Bloodclot
Description: She came into the world as a bloodclot / Her mother was a twin / Her father was an eel / They hid her in the Earth / And O, how magnificent she was. Nafanua, the Samoan goddess of war leaves the underworld to wander the earth as a half-caste girl from Christchurch. Blending Samoan oral tradition and myths with the author's own life, this provocative, confrontational collection of poetry explores the experience of living in the South Pacific.
Subjects: Poetry (poetic works by one author), New Zealand poetry