
Mature
Audio only
Length2h 23m
About this audiobook
A selection of Selina Tusitala Marsh' s most beloved poems, set to music and performed by the poet herself.
' She blows in like a song carried on a powerful current: a wild-haired woman, larger than life, carrying a tall carved stick. She loses things in that hair, she says; finds pens in there days after they went missing.'
— from ' Never Piss Off a Poet' ,
The Guardian
Selina Tusitala Marsh is a celebrated poet and performer from Aotearoa New Zealand. Professor and poet laureate, a Pasifika woman who has performed for queens and presidents, Selina says ' poetry is a way to tell our stories and make the invisible visible.'
This audiobook features the poet performing thirty-six of her most powerful poems, both occasional pieces and selections from the collections
Fast Talking PI,
Dark Sparring and
Tightrope. In ' Guys like Gaugin' and ' Kickboxing Cancer' , ' Airport Road to Apia' and ' Fast Talking PI' , and many more, Selina brings whole new worlds to life.
All poems written and performed by Selina Tusitala Marsh; all music composed, produced and engineered by Tim Page.
Audiobook details
GenrePoetry
Length2 hrs 23 mins
Narrated byTim Page
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateJan 6, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Opening Credit
20Kickboxing Cancer
2Acronym
21Lead
3Actually
22Love After Love
4Airport Road To Apia
23Love Poem To Christchurch
5Art Is Dylan
24Love Poem
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6Boxing
25Matariki
7Calabash Breakers
26Muay Thai On Saturdays
8Chant From Matiatia To Orapiu
27New Zealand The Lucky Country
9Circle Of Stones
28Noose Mix
10Emailing Albert
29On Plagiarism
11Fast Talking Pi 2024
30Paekare
12Fatele
31Pussycat
13First Spar
32Salsa
14Freda The Believer
33Salt
15Genesis
34Star Chant For Matariki
16Guys Like Gauguin
35Thanking Sir Paul
17Hero
36Tusitala Teller Of Tales
18High Heeling It In Ukraine
37Tuvalu Blues
19I Will Sing A Song Of Solomon Upon You
38Closing Credit