#59. Right To The City

A controversial poem I wrote as areflective piece challenging my own place in embedding inequalities in PNG cities. Whether we acknowledge it or not, the urban elite merely just "being" are creators of inequality.

#58 Dear Pom Siti Road Vendors

Originally Published on Twitter: Dear Pom Siti Road Vendors, Thank you for the smuk na buai. The kulau. The galip nut. Na peanut. Thank you for the deer antler. The Nius-Pepa na GoGo Cola. The 6 ft mirror. Steering wheel cover, Dark Specs na Air Freshner. Always and forever, Stuck'n Traphic 

#57: My Inquisitive Cuz’n: Australia cracked a joke, and all I heard was a cough.

Narrative. I talk to my cuz'n about why Australia is feeling a bit irked by the influence of China in the region.

#56: Bosmeri

A poem about PNG women challenging engrained assumptions. They contend with gender and embedded assumptions about race.

#55: Rusty’s Buai Stains and Pineapples

An experimentation in perspective writing for me. I use my memory of Cairns' Rusty's market as the location and some deep questions about the future of the PNG diaspora to piece together the narrative with three characters named Bella, Roger and Kiri.