"one of the great poems of Oceania produced in the last century"

from the Arts Foundation

John Pule's epic love poem, described as "a precocious masterpiece" and "one of the great poems of Oceania produced in the last century", is to be published in a new edition by Canterbury University Press at the end of this month.  

John Puhiatau Pule (left) was just 21 years old living in Auckland when he wrote The Bond of Time: an Epic Love Poem, composed as a lyrical address by a lover to his beloved. He says that The Bond of Time is classic Pacific poetry written in English and also about living in the Pacific and New Zealand.