I have another side of me that is somewhere out there on the internet and on paper. I shall try and put some poems (published and unpublished) on here for my readers so...
watch
this
space
I recently found out online that my book has been selling in New Zealand for NZD$30 - NZD$50 per copy. Note, I have not received any money from these nor do I know any information on the number of copies sold. I do know that I have given away about 500 free copies to friends and relatives and a couple of hundreds have been bought from me directly. Those are just my Samoan fans..the rest of my readers I don't know where they are from. Hopefully I will be able to put out an e-copy online sometime in the near future.
where my book is sold
where you can hire in New Zealand for free
This link I just found today. If you want a browse, you can approach one of these public libraries and hire away.
Raw edges review
Here is one of the few popular poems in my first book - Raw Edges
Half Caste
Girls of the village
Look at me in my short board shorts
And my lightly tanned skin
In their lavalavas, too hot for the tropical weather
Girls of the village
Look at me with my tangled hair
They laugh and point
leave, this is the faaSamoa teine
you are half-caste, ia another one!
Girls of the village
Look at me with my pearl earrings
who bought them
You lot! Half-caste
All the same, Kalofae...
I am an educated fool
With my short board shorts,tanned skin
Pearl earrings, My Swedish-German
Last name, Ha! How I laugh!,Kalofae...
Look at me in my short board shorts
And my lightly tanned skin
In their lavalavas, too hot for the tropical weather
Girls of the village
Look at me with my tangled hair
They laugh and point
leave, this is the faaSamoa teine
you are half-caste, ia another one!
Girls of the village
Look at me with my pearl earrings
who bought them
You lot! Half-caste
All the same, Kalofae...
I am an educated fool
With my short board shorts,tanned skin
Pearl earrings, My Swedish-German
Last name, Ha! How I laugh!,Kalofae...
Copyright ©2009 Juliet Enid Westerlund
Help me see
Copyright ©2009 Juliet Enid Westerlund
If you are interested in poetry or any other topic on my blog, feel free to leave a comment or ask questions and I shall try my best to answer.
Help me see
the
truth
life
or death
for
you
Woman
of Africa
Africa
kills men
of
no hope
Children
of the future
are
scorned by killing
and
raping of women
and
the land
and
sorrow
that
will not rest
That
I cannot find
Help
me find peace
Not
just a UN word
Or
promises of life and love
that
do not exist
But
exist I do
Do
you know
What
it is like
to
walk alone
in
a world of disease and shame
To
the woman who bore me
Me
the bastard of lust and AIDS
Four
letter words
That
seek revenge
for
my lusting mother
The
woman of Africa
Pasifika Arts & Literary Series
Published by : Massey University
If you are interested in poetry or any other topic on my blog, feel free to leave a comment or ask questions and I shall try my best to answer.
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