Manuali'i - Rex Letoa Paget

Manuali'i - Rex Letoa Paget

Published by: Saufo'i Press

Winner of: BEST FIRST BOOK AWARD POETRY

The Best First Book Award is sponsored by Mātātuhi Foundation.

This debut collection from Rex Letoa Paget convinces through an incantatory lyricism and chant-like rhythms that surge like ocean waves. Manuali'i ensnares and uplifts; it carries us with it through its propulsive lyrical momentum. There's a freshness and an optimism to the poems which work as semi-parables about self-growth and self-realisation: they are celebratory or elegiac bricolages, each a melange of urban realism and Pasifika mysticism. With its flow and flux, its tonal patterns and subtle imagery, Manuali'i delivers a powerful new voice.

Author Rex Letoa Paget