re: Matariki 2008

Michael Kennedy — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 03:49:01 GMT

Hi Karlo,

I've just devoured "A well written body" after a trip to the library with my 12 year old son Te Rau Aroha.

Devoured looks kind of cannabalistic written on the page - but it describes the gusto that I experienced with your use of words, the amazing codified speaking of things hard to utter.

Loved the way you combined the beautiful artwork with your amazing words - both took me on a journey both very personal to you, but archetypical enough to reflect glimpses of my own joy ride in this life.

I would love to display one of your poems on my blog - is that possible if I put a link to your blog?

....and for me, a Australian born son of a UK Cockney immigrant and a third generation Australian with roots in Newcastle UK - it was neat seeing the way you wove Maori, Tongan words through your english prose - but I nearly fell of my seat when I caught you slipping in "a Haiku on my heel" - really took me by surprise, but made me aware of how I was exploring Tongan words for the first time - I was really reading them!

Thank you for opening my mind to my own world within.

Mike