Poetry

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Rise: From One Island to Another

Rise: From One Island to Another

The website 350.org has an enormous new poem/video on climate change that features the Marshall Islands’ Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner and Greenland’s Aka Niviâna. Here’s their description of the piece of visual and audio art: Watch this poetic expedition between two islanders, one from the Marshall Islands and one from Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland), connecting their realities of Read More

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Kathy’s Latest Masterpiece

Kathy’s Latest Masterpiece

 In her new poem ‘Anointed’ Marshallese poet and activist Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner explores the nuclear testing legacy of the Marshall Islands through the legends and stories of Runit Island on Enewetak Atoll. The poem was written and performed by Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, the video was directed by Dan Lin, and produced by PREL (Pacific Resources for Read More

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Dear Matafele Peinam

Dear Matafele Peinam

By Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner

Marshallese poet Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner spoke on behalf of civil society during the opening ceremony of the UN Climate Summit in New York City in September 2014. Watch the clip from the United Nations below and then check out her blog at https://jkijiner.wordpress.com/ Kathy is a poet, writer, journalist and teacher, currently working as an instructor at Read More