MIAMI David Tua knocks out heavyweights and writes poetry, which has been done before, but Muhammad Ali’s verse was not in Polynesian. The Samoan-born Tua, who translates his poems into Engli… ...

It means Samoan poetry and Korean poetry, and the politics of la linea. Of course, almost primarily, it means Mexican and Chicano poetry, Salvadoran poetry, Filipino poetry.

For the 20th annual Poetry Out Loud finals this week (May 5-7), 55 students, one champion from every state and American Samoa, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin ...

She often shared her poetry with me, and encouraged me to pursue my own writing," Tulsi said. Sinavaiana-Gabbard published Alchemies of Distance, a collection of poetry, in 2002.

Papalii Sia Figie, the woman accused of murdering the aunt of former US Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, is a celebrated Samoan author, prestigious playwright -- and close associate of her alleged victim.

Tulsi Gabbard's aunt, Caroline Sinaviana-Gabbard, 78, was found dead on May 25 inside the home of award-winning Samoan author Papalii Sia Figiel in the Samoa village of Vaivase-Uta.

Hannah Dayaget, a senior at Washington HS, is the runner-up in the 2022 Poetry Ourselves Competition in the spoken category for her poem, “Mundane.” ...

In the wake of the fatal police shooting of 16-year-old Easter Leafa, the Samoan community seeks understanding and collaboration with the Municipality of Anchorage through a signed resolution.

Black Sugarcane is mainly interested in family, community and traditional Samoan values. But Kersel is ironic andfunny, at times sharp, even though very few poems could be called protests.

Police allege that Tulsi Gabbard's aunt, Caroline Sinavaiana-Gabbard, was fatally stabbed and bludgeoned with a hammer on May 25 by a poet whom she'd mentored ...