Home, Away, Elsewhere
Vaughan Rapatahana
A poetry collection in three parts. Home is events, situations, descriptions, and attitudes about Hong Kong, which is now Vaughan's home. Away contains poems about events, situations, descriptions, and attitudes about Aotearoa (New Zealand), in particular from a Maori (marginalised) perspective and also about all the other places where Vaughan has lived – The Republic of Nauru, Brunei Darussalam, The People's Republic of China, Australia, The United Arab Emirates (UAE), The Philippines. Elsewhere is emotions (the entire gamut), relationships (marriages, family, friends), deaths (parents, children), reflections – some wry, etcetera – not specifically tied to physical locations. Vaughan does not write to any set forms/formats but attempts to utilise type-face/shape/what a poem looks like on a page to reflect what he attempts to say. He writes to stay sane. "These poems express what I am, and what I also think people I see are, within. They are not mere academic or literary exercises. They are lived experiences, I guess."
Poems with attitude. … passionate, uncompromising and sardonic. …there is darkness here … also wit in abundance and a playfulness in language and thought … at times laugh-out-loud funny…. a compelling voice and Vaughan uses it skillfully to tell us his stories, make his often pungent points, and take us places few of us have seen. — James Norcliffe, Robert Burns Fellow (2000), Aotearoa-New Zealand.
These poems are pieces of an intricately interlinked multi-cultural and multi-lingual world, in which the poet must learn to live. In fact the poet relishes this confusing richness. His verses celebrate the graphic possibility of words, their visual appearance and sounds. So one must come to them with big eyes, big ears and a limitless imagination. — Muhammad Haji Salleh, National Laureate, Malaysia.
Duration - 1h 3m.
Author - Vaughan Rapatahana.
Narrator - Vaughan Rapatahana.
Published Date - Monday, 08 January 2024.
Copyright - © 2011 Proverse Hong Kong ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
A poetry collection in three parts. Home is events, situations, descriptions, and attitudes about Hong Kong, which is now Vaughan's home. Away contains poems about events, situations, descriptions, and attitudes about Aotearoa (New Zealand), in particular from a Maori (marginalised) perspective and also about all the other places where Vaughan has lived – The Republic of Nauru, Brunei Darussalam, The People's Republic of China, Australia, The United Arab Emirates (UAE), The Philippines. Elsewhere is emotions (the entire gamut), relationships (marriages, family, friends), deaths (parents, children), reflections – some wry, etcetera – not specifically tied to physical locations. Vaughan does not write to any set forms/formats but attempts to utilise type-face/shape/what a poem looks like on a page to reflect what he attempts to say. He writes to stay sane. "These poems express what I am, and what I also think people I see are, within. They are not mere academic or literary exercises. They are lived experiences, I guess." Poems with attitude. … passionate, uncompromising and sardonic. …there is darkness here … also wit in abundance and a playfulness in language and thought … at times laugh-out-loud funny…. a compelling voice and Vaughan uses it skillfully to tell us his stories, make his often pungent points, and take us places few of us have seen. — James Norcliffe, Robert Burns Fellow (2000), Aotearoa-New Zealand. These poems are pieces of an intricately interlinked multi-cultural and multi-lingual world, in which the poet must learn to live. In fact the poet relishes this confusing richness. His verses celebrate the graphic possibility of words, their visual appearance and sounds. So one must come to them with big eyes, big ears and a limitless imagination. — Muhammad Haji Salleh, National Laureate, Malaysia. Duration - 1h 3m. Author - Vaughan Rapatahana. Narrator - Vaughan Rapatahana. Published Date - Monday, 08 January 2024. Copyright - © 2011 Proverse Hong Kong ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:20
Title page
Duration:00:00:17
About the book
Duration:00:01:25
About the author
Duration:00:01:35
Home, Away, Elsewhere Title
Duration:00:00:10
Acknowledgements
Duration:00:00:15
Author's Introduction
Duration:00:00:57
HOME
Duration:00:00:05
HOME 1. Mongkok Lane
Duration:00:00:45
HOME 2. New Territory English
Duration:00:00:52
HOME 3. Climbing Out Of Tuesday
Duration:00:01:03
HOME 4. Bent Man, Kowloon
Duration:00:00:55
HOME 5. TST
Duration:00:00:40
HOME 6. Tin Yan Blues
Duration:00:01:22
HOME 7. Tuen Mun Foreign Language
Duration:00:00:43
HOME 8. Hong Kong, 2010
Duration:00:00:54
HOME 9. Just Another Chinese Girl
Duration:00:00:54
HOME 10. To Shu Li In December
Duration:00:00:50
HOME 11. Pachyderm Words
Duration:00:00:48
HOME 12. West Rail Distance
Duration:00:00:40
HOME 13. Xi'an Times
Duration:00:00:50
HOME 14. Looking Back, A Kiwi
Duration:00:01:12
AWAY
Duration:00:00:05
AWAY 1. Death In Kitakyushu, 2007
Duration:00:01:05
AWAY 2. U.S.
Duration:00:00:41
AWAY 3. Oman Sands, 2006
Duration:00:00:37
AWAY 4. Ho Chi Minh City, 2008
Duration:00:00:30
AWAY 5. Karon Beach, Phuket
Duration:00:00:35
AWAY 6. Topside, Nauru
Duration:00:00:40
AWAY 7. Stranded In Sengkurong
Duration:00:00:52
AWAY 8. Pissed In Pampanga
Duration:00:00:41
AWAY 9. Filipino Fling
Duration:00:00:29
AWAY 10. Jerusalem Diptych, 2009
Duration:00:00:47
AWAY 11. Sonora, Mexico, June 2009
Duration:00:00:56
AWAY 12. Tutuua Urupa, 2007
Duration:00:00:31
AWAY 13. Lost New Zealand Boy
Duration:00:00:30
AWAY 14. Te Araroa Winter, 2008
Duration:00:00:30
AWAY 15. Matakaoa RSA
Duration:00:00:52
AWAY 16. Last Time
Duration:00:00:45
AWAY 17. Between Bards
Duration:00:01:30
AWAY 18. Opotiki Schoolmate, 40 Years On
Duration:00:00:54
AWAY 19. Pakaraka, '81
Duration:00:01:34
AWAY 20. Papatoetoe Summer Grass
Duration:00:01:03
AWAY 21. Wharenui
Duration:00:00:48
AWAY 22. Aotearoa Blues, Baby
Duration:00:01:16
AWAY 23. Postcolonial Boy
Duration:00:01:00
AWAY 24. Rata Villa, Ngawhatu
Duration:00:00:46
AWAY 25. East Coast Morning
Duration:00:00:47
AWAY 26. Waima Epiphany
Duration:00:01:34
AWAY 27. No Holy Grail
Duration:00:00:52
AWAY 28. Pestilence
Duration:00:01:38
AWAY 29. Toa
Duration:00:00:31
AWAY 30. James K
Duration:00:00:51
ELSEWHERE
Duration:00:00:06
ELSEWHERE 1. Hey Leticia
Duration:00:00:41
ELSEWHERE 2. You Killed Me
Duration:00:00:31
ELSEWHERE 3. Thoughts Of You
Duration:00:00:30
ELSEWHERE 4. I Love You More
Duration:00:00:45
ELSEWHERE 5. Li Shu Kai , September 2007
Duration:00:00:48
ELSEWHERE 6. Not Really Missing You
Duration:00:00:32
ELSEWHERE 7. Taku Papa
Duration:00:00:39
ELSEWHERE 8. No Surface
Duration:00:00:53
ELSEWHERE 9. God Is A Weasel
Duration:00:00:20
ELSEWHERE 10. Bathos
Duration:00:00:16
ELSEWHERE 11. Tide
Duration:00:00:33
ELSEWHERE 12. Old Shoes
Duration:00:00:42
ELSEWHERE 13. Too Complicated
Duration:00:00:29
ELSEWHERE 14. Encounter
Duration:00:00:28
ELSEWHERE 15. Faded Love
Duration:00:00:17
ELSEWHERE 16. Corrupted
Duration:00:00:36
ELSEWHERE 17. I Should Have Done More
Duration:00:01:07
ELSEWHERE 18. From Father Through Son To Son
Duration:00:01:14
ELSEWHERE 19. Unknown Poet
Duration:00:00:33
ELSEWHERE 20. Mongrel Poems
Duration:00:00:35
ELSEWHERE 21. Toreador lLxis
Duration:00:00:39
ELSEWHERE 22. Mad Cousin In Winter
Duration:00:00:32
ELSEWHERE 23. Old Tom
Duration:00:00:46
Note On Proper Names
Duration:00:00:16
David Eggleton. Early Response
Duration:00:01:58
James Norcliffe. Early Response
Duration:00:00:44
Muhammad Haji Salleh. Early Response
Duration:00:01:16
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:33