No more sad joke poems
This year, I wrote a series of poems that began with ‘Sad Joke’ inspired by Apriana Taylor’s poem about disconnection and connection, ‘Sad Joke on a Marae.’ My ‘sad joke’ poems were speaking up about the racism and inequities I have observed and also have been a part of. I had one last poem to write which I struggled to write. Here is the final (but I suspect not final) poem in this series.
No more sad jokes
Sad joke in Clinical Psychology
Sad Joke on a Marae
Sad Joke in a Mental Health Setting
But wait:
“How can you have a waka boat on the road?” the new Māori deputy Leader of New Zealand asked. “How many boats have you seen going on a road anywhere in the world?” he asked.
No more sad jokes in Aotearoa New Zealand
“Our policies will be based on need, not ethnicity,” the new Prime Minister of New Zealand said.
No more sad jokes in Aotearoa New Zealand
"This country deserves a say on what the Treaty means…Where will New Zealand be in 50 years' time if the current path continues, where Kiwis flightless birds are offered different rights based on their ancestry? " the next (in 18 months time) Māori Deputy Leader of New Zealand said.
No more sad jokes in Aotearoa New Zealand
Not one more acre
Not one more child
Not one more mokopuna
No more sad jokes in Aotearoa!
Toitu te tiriti, Toitu te reo Maori, Toitu te iwi Maori!
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