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Rex Letoa Paget

Rex Letoa Paget (Samoan/Danish) is a fa’afatama crafter of words born in Aotearoa, now living on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri people. His poetry and storytelling are his compass through space and time. His works are giftings from his ancestors and have been published in Tupuranga, Te Tangi A Te Ruru, AUNTIES, Overcom, No Other Place to Stand: An Anthology of Climate Change Poetry from Aotearoa New Zealand, Rapture: An Anthology of Performance Poetry from Aotearoa New Zealand, Spoiled Fruit: Queer Poetry from Aotearoa, and Australian Poetry Anthology 10. His offerings are lessons, learnings, and acknowledgments for the timelines and traditions of yesterday, today and tomorrow.

When the Broom Falls and There’s Blood on the Moon

i am the summer of kina spines i caught. when i was a clumsy accordion tongue. fast talking down loose lipped pebbled beach steps. bodyboard under arm. me and my salt seasoned sibs. dreaming out loud about the day. tuck …

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‘Fa’afatama identity and healing through poetry’: Dani Leever in Conversation with Rex Letoa Paget

Rex Letoa Paget is a Samoan/Danish fa’afatama crafter of words. Born in Aotearoa, Letoa Paget is now living on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri people. His poetry and storytelling are his compass through space and time. The below interview explores his poetic offerings as lessons, learnings, and acknowledgments for the timelines and traditions of yesterday, today and tomorrow.

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