The Tuesday Poem this week is "SS Ventnor" by
Chris Tse, selected by Renee Liang:
Renee says about this poem:
This is a poem which draws you in by its grace and power.
Even if you were unfamiliar with the story of the SS Ventnor - a ship wrecked off the
Hokianga coastline in 1902 while carrying the coffins of 499 Chinese men back
home to their families - the themes of death, memory and redemption hit
home. Tse, as he does elsewhere in his debut collection How
To Be Dead In A Year Of Snakes, exhibits an assured lightness of
touch. Thoughts drifting like his words come to rest delicately in
corners of the mind. Like the bones they invoke, they are found by locals and
taken home.
The post also contains details of the launch next week in
Wellington of Chris Tse's debut collection "How To Be Dead In A Year Of
Snakes"
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