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Simone KahoSimone Kaho

Simone Kaho is a New Zealand poet with Tongan ancestry. She is well-known as a performance poet, and is a graduate of the IIML at Victoria University. Anahera Press published her book of verse Lucky Punch in August 2016. Simone was born in Auckland in 1978.

The Friday poem: ‘Pretty’ by Simone Kaho

10 March 20173 March 2017 by Simone Kaho

New verse by New Zealand-Tongan poet Simone Kaho.   Pretty   Some people say   You’re too pretty to be Tongan    which is funny because    it’s usually Tongans who say it.   It is a short-cut to make a big distance between us    and casually call me Pālagi at the same time. I can hardly … Read more

Categories Books, Featured Tags The Spinoff Friday Poem, The Spinoff Review of Poetry

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