Hopurangi-Songcatcher
Poems from the Maramataka
Published on 9. May 2024
145 pages
978-1-77671-132-1 (ISBN)
Description
After rejoining social media, Robert Sullivan wrote and posted a poem a day over two and a half months ? the poems collected in Hopurangi- Songcatcher. Inspired by the cyclical energies of the Maramataka, these poems see the poet re-finding himself and his world ? in the matauranga of his kuia from the Ngati Hau and Ngati Kaharau hapu of Ngapuhi; in his mother'' s stories from his Ngati Manu hapu at Karetu; in the singing and storytelling at Puketeraki Marae, home of his father'' s people of Kati Huirapa, Kati Mamoe, Waitaha and Kai Tahu Whanui in Te Tai o Araiteuru; and in the fellowship of friends on Facebook. Tihei mauri ora!
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Content
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Half Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- Before the Maramataka
- Paua Canticle
- Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Machine
- Pupurangi Shelley
- The Paper Chase
- Maramataka
- All the Phases: Lunar Eclipse
- Mutuwhenua: Te Awa e Rere Nei
- Mutuwhenua: Mauri Ora Karetu
- Whiro: 'I went alone to the Taj Mahal'
- Whiro: 'The trees across State Highway 1'
- Tirea: 'I was wondering why'
- Hoata: 'Today's rain is like television static'
- Ouenuku: Mauri Ora
- Ouenuku: Pukamata
- Ouenuku: Anei Ano he Ra
- Okoro: 'I had a cat once'
- Tamatea Aio: 'And yes it is a peaceful morning'
- Tamatea a Ngana: 'I saw a spider abseil'
- Tamatea Kai-ariki: 'The purerehua walk under'
- Tamatea Kai-ariki: After Talking to Jane
- Tamatea Tuhaha: 'Last evening'
- Ariroa: 'In your tupuna whare'
- Huna: 'I opened a box'
- Mawharu: 'My basement got flooded'
- Ohua: 'Wet nosed'
- Atua Whakahaehae: Alta Forte
- Atua Whakahaehae: Keening
- Turu: 'Just last week'
- Turu: My Funny Shoeshine Starling
- Rakaunui: Maranga Mai
- Rakaumatohi: 'Ka rongo au i nga manu'
- Rakaumatohi: E Hoa
- Takirau: A Butter Lamp
- Oike: 'Marama sits up in the west'
- Korekore Tuatahi: Rom Coms
- Korekore Rawea: Karakia
- Korekore Whakapiri: Recycling
- Tangaroa-a-mua: 'I slept under Puketohunoa Pa'
- Tangaroa-a-roto: Star River
- Tangaroa Whakapau: 'I was getting a lift'
- Tangaroa Whariki Kiokio: 'Another grey day'
- Tangaroa Whariki Kiokio: 'I have never emptied'
- Tangaroa Whariki Kiokio: You'll Get an Email from Me
- Otane: 'Virtue signalling in a time of Covid'
- Otane: Second Coffee
- Orongonui: 'Breezy vibes'
- Orongonui: The Corrections
- Omutu: 'Some strange-looking insects'
- Mutuwhenua: The Whole World
- Whiro: 'I drove home last night'
- Whiro: Waiata Whakaharatau
- Tirea: 'Ko Araiteuru te waka'
- Hoata: 'Today at Ngai Tahu Hui-a-Iwi'
- Ouenuku: 'I tried playing my koauau'
- Ouenuku: Hine Raukatauri
- Okoro: 'The star river'
- Okoro: Honouring Words
- Tamatea Aio: The Best Hours
- Tamatea Aio: Aio ki te Rangi / Rave On
- Tamatea a Ngana: 'Four kinds of akeake'
- Tamatea a Ngana: Koauau--Te Wahi Ngaro
- Tamatea a Ngana: Two Questions
- Tamatea Kai-ariki: 'Three birds flew from me'
- Tamatea Kai-ariki: He Iti Pounamu
- Tamatea Tuha¯ha¯: 'The last time we saw each other'
- Ariroa: When Great Trees Rise
- Huna: My Own Personal Marama
- Mawharu: 'A respite from low-energy days'
- Ohua: A Short Short Fiction
- Atua Whakahaehae: Chains
- Turu: From My Sunroom
- Rakaunui: Shakti Card Opening
- Rakaunui: He Whenua Manu
- Rakaumatohi: 'The house shadow'
- Takirau: Uku Rere
- Oike: 177 Years
- Korekore Tuatahi: 'I bought the chart'
- Korekore Rawea: Q+A From a Shakti Card
- Korekore Whakapiri: 'I threaded the eye'
- Tangaroa-a-mua: Ranginui
- Tangaroa-a-roto: 'I bought a book'
- Tangaroa Whakapau: 'After checking my FB posts'
- Tangaroa Wha¯riki Kiokio: Super
- Tangaroa Wha¯riki Kiokio: Puddles
- Tangaroa Wha¯riki Kiokio: Calling
- Otane: 'I need to plant the akeake'
- Otane: Songcatcher
- Otane: Feeding the Birds of the World
- Orongonui: Petals
- Omutu: Rakaihautu
- Mutuwhenua: Light Therapy
- Whiro: Poi Awhiowhio Thought
- Tirea: Mooring Day
- Hoata: Seek Kai Knowledge
- Ouenuku: Ma te Mahitahi o nga Kairaranga
- Ouenuku: Aoraki
- Okoro: 'Come closer to me'
- Tamatea Aio: Redux
- Tamatea a Ngana: Kia Tupato
- Tamatea a Ngana: Huia
- Tamatea Kai-ariki: Tautoko
- Tamatea Kai-ariki: 'When Nana was in hospital'
- Tamatea Tuha¯ha¯: Keep Learning
- Tamatea Tuha¯ha¯: 'After writing this poem'
- Ariroa: 'The Maramataka website today'
- Huna: Three Poems from This Morning
- Mawharu: Nga Ra
- Ohua: Tahae Jack, Te Tangata Nui and His Beanstalk
- Atua Whakahaehae: The Humours
- Atua Whakahaehae: Inanahi
- Turu: Calm and Beauty Out There
- Turu: Hoki Whenua Mai
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
