The Tuesday Poem this week is 'Poroporoaki to the Lord My
God: weaving the Via Dolorosa' by Anahera Gildea, selected by Helen
Rickerby:
Helen has written a fascinating essay about this poem and
what it means to her, which is well worth reading in full. She begins:
"I came across this
poem while typesetting the 32nd issue of JAAM literary magazine, the contents of which have
been selected by this issue's guest editor, Dunedin writer Sue Wootton. The
loose theme of the issue is ‘Shorelines’, and the poems, stories, creative
non-fiction pieces and photographs in the issue deal with that theme in a
variety of literal and non-literal ways.
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The cover of JAAM 32
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Sue has selected many
amazing pieces for JAAM 32, but this poem is the one that has
struck me the most. When trying to explain to my partner what this poem was,
and why I loved it, I got really emotional in ways I didn’t expect. Not only is
this a powerful poem, but it is so interconnected with other powerful stories
and powerful art by powerful artists."
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