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Wahi tapu : poetry from the Onetahua (Farewell Spit) artists' residency, September 17th-22nd 2017 / Kevin Moran.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Nelson, New Zealand : The Copy Press, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Description: vii, 71 pages : colour illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780473491987
  • 0473491982
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: "Following the residency, artists had six months to create an artistic response to their experience. These 30 poems are Kevin's response. Kevin is a poet-shaman and poet-activist. He works to protect the natural world by writing poetry, public speaking and coordinating the Save Te Waikoropupu Springs Campaign. He has worked as a counsellor and spiritual companion and has a long-term interest in dreams and spirituality. His love of the wild beauty of Onetahua shines through these poems. The poetry is written in the form of a pilgrimage which begins at the Onetahua Marae and ends with the participants returning to Collingwood and an Onetahua Blessing."-- Publisher description
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Non-Fiction Davis (Central) Library Non-Fiction (NEST) Non-Fiction (NEST) 821 MOR Available T00831151
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"In September 2017, Kevin Moran travelled to Onetahua as part of the eighth Onetahua/Farewell Spit Artists' Residencey. Over 5 days and 4 nights he and eleven other artists sought inspiration while staying in the old lightkeepers house and wandering the sand and shorelines of Onetahua. Following the residency artists had six months to create an artistic response to their experience. These 30 poems are Kevin's response"--Back cover.

"Following the residency, artists had six months to create an artistic response to their experience. These 30 poems are Kevin's response. Kevin is a poet-shaman and poet-activist. He works to protect the natural world by writing poetry, public speaking and coordinating the Save Te Waikoropupu Springs Campaign. He has worked as a counsellor and spiritual companion and has a long-term interest in dreams and spirituality. His love of the wild beauty of Onetahua shines through these poems. The poetry is written in the form of a pilgrimage which begins at the Onetahua Marae and ends with the participants returning to Collingwood and an Onetahua Blessing."-- Publisher description

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