Tuesday, September 16, 2014

The Tuesday Poem



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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