This Wednesday, I read an excerpt from Clive Barker's book : Cabal which was made into the 1990 move Nightbreed

I do have a PATREON ! Word Wednesday Recaps are  available at the end of each month and there is a super fun tier  in which I write a couple of lines of poetry off the top of my head to you on a vintage postcard from my collection and then send it to you in the mail !

For more Contemporary Hawaiian Poetess follow along on Instagram or use the #LanaiStrangePoetsSociety to search for my poems or check out my Apple Music Playlist

Please rate this podcast on whatever platform you are enjoying it on, especially  Apple Podcast. Thank you so much !

You can also find this podcast on Spotify  !

In the mood for something spooky?  You might like a pumpkin spice season series I am doing with the amazing Daniel Honey, called Carrie On My Wayward Son that is starting on Sunday, September 5, 2021 about Stephen King's Carrie and the Universe that was spawned from it !

Next episode of Word Wednesday comes out : September 8, 2021 

Join me in this pastiche of an episode as I read my poem : 40 Like (5:19), talk about my birthday trip to Disneyland in early 2020, and why The Empress card reminds me of standing on my own two feet.  

This is a real mess of an episode folks so here are some helpful time stamps : I read my poem at 5:19 and at 22:18 I give you an update of what it's been like since I recorded the first 3 episodes and launched my Instagram page. 

The show notes + poem from this episode can be found on my Instagram or use the #LanaiStrangePoetsSociety to search for my poems

The songs I mention in this episode can be found on my Apple Music Playlist

I do have a PATREON with a super fun tier option in which I write a couple of lines of poetry off the top of my head to you on a vintage postcard from my collection and then send it to you in the mail ! Word Wednesday Recaps are also available at the end of each month exclusively on my PATREON .

Please rate this podcast on whatever platform you are enjoying it on, especially  Apple Podcast. Thank you so much !

You can also find this podcast on Spotify  !

In the mood for something spooky?  You might like the 9 part pumpkin-spice-season series I am doing with the amazing Daniel Honey, called Carrie On My Wayward Son that is starting on Sunday, September 5, 2021 about Stephen King's Carrie and the Universe that was spawned from it!

Next Episode drops : September 3, 2021, Friday // Thank you for listening !

A review of HBO's The White Lotus from a Native Hawaiian perspective, brought to you by two Native Hawaiians who create content, myself Cory Kepuanani Lovejoy and my friend / film maker Anthony Kaauamo Pacheco. 

*Spoiler Alert* we talk about the entirety of The White Lotus !

If you would like to hear more of me and Anthony talking about creative kine tings check out this bonus episode of CHP : Sexy Beasts, Why do we love them?

Links to things we discuss in this episode : 

Watch the short film Hae Hawaii  in which the Native Hawaiian actor Kekoa Kekumano (who plays the character "Kai" in HBO's White Lotus) stars

The White Lotus is as clueless about Native Hawaiians as its characters, by Michael Kuga

Mike White Acepts Your Criticism : The White Lotus Creator understands if you feel conflicted about that ending. So does he. by Kathryn VanArendonk

HBO's The White Loutus and Tourist Imperialism by Princess Weekes

For show notes and more CHP you can find me on Instagram or use the #LanaiStrangePoetsSociety to search for my poems, and you can also check out the CHP Apple Music Playlist.

I do have a PATREON with a super fun tier option in which I write a couple of lines of poetry off the top of my head to you on a vintage postcard from my collection and then send it to you in the mail ! Word Wednesday Recaps are also available at the end of each month exclusively on my PATREON .

Please rate this podcast on whatever platform you are enjoying it on, especially  Apple Podcast. Thank you so much !

You can also find this podcast on Spotify  !

In the mood for something spooky?  You may enjoy  the 9 part pumpkin-spice-season series that I doing with the amazing Daniel Honey, called Carrie On My Wayward Son about Stephen King's Carrie and the Universe that was spawned from it! First episode airs Sunday, September 5, 2021

On this weeks mini cast, I read to you from one of my favorite books : Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass

I do have a PATREON ! Word Wednesday Recaps are  available at the end of each month and there is a super fun tier  in which I write a couple of lines of poetry off the top of my head to you on a vintage postcard from my collection and then send it to you in the mail ! 

For more Contemporary Hawaiian Poetess follow along on Instagram or use the #LanaiStrangePoetsSociety to search for my poems or check out my Apple Music Playlist

Please rate this podcast on whatever platform you are enjoying it on, especially  Apple Podcast. Thank you so much !

You can also find this podcast on Spotify  !

In the mood for something spooky?  You might like a pumpkin spice season series I am doing with the amazing Daniel Honey, called Carrie On My Wayward Son that is starting on Sunday, September 5, 2021 about Stephen King's Carrie and the Universe that was spawned from it !

Next episode of Word Wednesday comes out : August 25, 2021

In this episode I read my poem : The Ascension of St. Germaine (6:16), talk about what inspired it, and why it reminds of The High Priestess card.   

The show notes + poem from this episode can be found on my Instagram or use the #LanaiStrangePoetsSociety to search for my poems

The songs I mention in this episode can be found on my Apple Music Playlist

I do have a PATREON with a super fun tier option in which I write a couple of lines of poetry off the top of my head to you on a vintage postcard from my collection and then send it to you in the mail ! Word Wednesday Recaps are also available at the end of each month exclusively on my PATREON .

Please rate this podcast on whatever platform you are enjoying it on, especially  Apple Podcast. Thank you so much !

You can also find this podcast on Spotify  !

In the mood for something spooky?  You might like the 9 part pumpkin-spice-season series I am doing with the amazing Daniel Honey, called Carrie On My Wayward Son that is starting on Sunday, September 5, 2021 about Stephen King's Carrie and the Universe that was spawned from it !

Next episode drops : August 20, 2021

I do have a PATREON with a super fun tier option in which I write a couple of lines of poetry off the top of my head to you on a vintage postcard from my collection and then send it to you in the mail ! 

Word Wednesday Recaps are also available at the end of each month, here is the Word Wednesday Recap from July as a sample of what you can hear on my PATREON exclusive episodes. I talk about two amazing books by Native Hawaiian women, The Night is a Shark Skin Drum by Haunani K. Trask and Stephanie Nohealani Teves' Defiant Indeniety : The Politics of Hawaiian Performance

For more Contemporary Hawaiian Poetess follow along on Instagram or use the #LanaiStrangePoetsSociety to search for my poems or check out my Apple Music Playlist

Please rate this podcast on whatever platform you are enjoying it on, especially  Apple Podcast. Thank you so much !

You can also find this podcast on Spotify  !

In the mood for something spooky?  You might like a pumpkin spice season series I am doing with the amazing Daniel Honey, called Carrie On My Wayward Son that is starting on Sunday, September 5, 2021 about Stephen King's Carrie and the Universe that was spawned from it !

Next episode of Word Wednesday comes out : August 10, 2021

On this mini-cast I read an excerpt from a book that changed my life, called : Defiant Indigeneity: The Politics of Hawaiian Performance by Stephanie Nohelani Teves 

I do have a PATREON ! Word Wednesday Recaps are  available at the end of each month and there is a super fun tier  in which I write a couple of lines of poetry off the top of my head to you on a vintage postcard from my collection and then send it to you in the mail !

For more Contemporary Hawaiian Poetess follow along on Instagram or use the #LanaiStrangePoetsSociety to search for my poems or check out my Apple Music Playlist

Please rate this podcast on whatever platform you are enjoying it on, especially  Apple Podcast. Thank you so much !

You can also find this podcast on Spotify  !

In the mood for something spooky?  You might like a pumpkin spice season series I am doing with the amazing Daniel Honey, called Carrie On My Wayward Son that is starting on Sunday, September 5, 2021 about Stephen King's Carrie and the Universe that was spawned from it !

Next episode of Word Wednesday comes out : August 11, 2021

In this episode I read my poem : Full Spectrum Rainbow x 4 ( 3:50) and talk about what inspired it, and why it reminds of The Magician card.  

Show notes + poems from this episode can be found on my Instagram or use the #LanaiStrangePoetsSociety to search for my poems

The songs I mention in this episode can be found on my Apple Music Playlist

Find the sticker and/or poem + sticker inspired by this episode's poem in my Etsy shop Orchid Speed Lanai

I do have a PATREON with a super fun tier option in which I write a couple of lines of poetry off the top of my head to you on a vintage postcard from my collection and then send it to you in the mail ! Word Wednesday Recaps are also available at the end of each month.

Please rate this podcast on whatever platform you are enjoying it on, especially  Apple Podcast. Thank you so much !

You can also find this podcast on Spotify  !

In the mood for something spooky?  You might like the 9 part pumpkin-spice-season series I am doing with the amazing Daniel Honey, called Carrie On My Wayward Son that is starting on Sunday, September 5, 2021 about Stephen King's Carrie and the Universe that was spawned from it !

Next Episode drops : August 6, 2020

Recorded & edited at Ka Hale 'Ōma'oma'o Studios, Sky Way 93, Kamoku, Lāna'i, Hawai'i.

Yay! This is the inaugural episode of my mini-cast called : Word Wednesday, where I read some form of literature to you ! 

In this episode I read a few poems by Haunanai-Kay Trask from her book : Night is a Sharkskin Drum 

Next episode of Word Wednesday comes out : July 28, 2021 

For more CHP follow me on Instagram or use the #LanaiStrangePoetsSociety to search for my poems

The songs I mention in this episode can be found on my Apple Music Playlist

I do have a PATREON with a super fun tier option in which I write a couple of lines of poetry off the top of my head to you on a vintage postcard from my collection and then send it to you in the mail ! Word Wednesday Recaps are also available at the end of each month.

Please rate this podcast on whatever platform you are enjoying it on, especially  Apple Podcast. Thank you so much !

You can also find this podcast on Spotify  !

In the mood for something spooky?  You might like a spooky season series I am doing with the amazing Daniel Honey, called Carrie On My Wayward Son that is starting on Sunday, September 5, 2021 about Stephen King's Carrie and the Universe that was spawned from it !

Recorded & edited at Ka Hale 'Ōma'oma'o Studios, Sky Way 93, Kamoku, Lāna'i, Hawai'i.

Hello and welcome to the Inaugural Episode of Contemporary Hawaiian Poetess !  In this episode I talk about my origin story as a poet, what + who inspired this podcast, and why I choose the name for it. I also read my poems: How fo' Be One Orchid ( 10:54) & 36 ends (17:46) 

Poem I wrote for FLUX Hawaii

Episode of It's Lit with PHDJ that I was on

Here is a link for my Etsy shop Orchid Speed Lanai if you would like some CHP poetry merch !

Show notes + poems from this episode can be found on my Instagram or use the #LanaiStrangePoetsSociety to search for my poems

The songs I mention in this episode can be found on my Apple Music Playlist

I do have a PATREON with a super fun tier option in which I write a couple of lines of poetry off the top of my head to you on a vintage postcard from my collection and then send it to you in the mail ! Word Wednesday Recaps are also available at the end of each month.

Please rate this podcast on whatever platform you are enjoying it on, especially  Apple Podcast. Thank you so much !

You can also find this podcast on Spotify  !

In the mood for something spooky?  You might like a pumpkin spice season series I am doing with the amazing Daniel Honey, called Carrie On My Wayward Son that is starting on Sunday, September 5, 2021 about Stephen King's Carrie and the Universe that was spawned from it !

This podcast comes out every 2 weeks on Fridays.  Next episode drops : July 23, 2021

Recorded & edited at Ka Hale 'Ōma'oma'o Studios, Sky Way 93, Kamoku, Lāna'i City, Hawai'i.