Myths and Legends of the Ancient Pakeha

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ISBN: 9781738582815
Title: Myths and Legends of the Ancient Pakeha
Author: COLQUHOUN GLENN

In this collection of poems Glenn Colquhoun explores
a range of Pakeha oral poetic forms; sea shanties,
hymns, ballads, nursery rhymes and clapping songs.
It is a companion volume to Three Women, his
collection of poetry in Te Reo Maori, and is richly
illustrated by Nigel Brown. A soundtrack to the
poems is available at www.glenncolquhoun.net
“It was by looking at Maori oral poetry more
closely that I came to ask what it is that a Pakeha
oral poem might sound like. And whether it is
capable of holding the same power. Might a sea shanty meet the energy of a haka? Can a hymn
stand up to a moteatea? To find out I went back
to the ways that spoken English poetry first
arrived in New Zealand: via sea-shanty and
hymn, lullaby and nursery rhyme, working
song, clapping song and skipping song. I also
went back to what has often been the concern
of oral poems, our histories.”

Format: Hardback
Publication date: 04/03/2024
Pages: 139
Available stock: 3