Light in the Crevice Never Seen, Revised Edition
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The (female) "Malcolm X" of Hawai'I's inconsolable grief and rage at the destruction of her people's land.Library JournalLike the volcanoes on her beloved native islands, many of the poems in Trask's first collection spew fire. The writer, an ardent feminist and a leader in the Hawaiian sovereignty movement, often tackles an immensely difficult poetic genre, the political poem. As the titles illustrate, many of these poems record the pain and displacement of a colonized people. As in most first collections, the poems are uneven. Trask succeeds best when she combines imagery (``green chatter-chatter of coconut leaves''), her deep feeling for the land, and bilingual phrases (in Hawaiian and English). Trask includes some detailed descriptive notes, a pronunciation key, and a six-page glossary, which help the reader to understand many of the references and also serve as a brief introduction to the centuries-old Hawaiian culture. These poems enable us to ``hear all around us/seeping through the mud/a constant, inconsolable/ grief/long after moonrise.'' Recommended for large and Native American poetry collections.-Doris Lynch, Bloomington P.L., Ind.
Preface to the Second EditionPrefaceIntroductionA People Lost3Makua Kane4Blood on the Land8In Our Time9Pax Americana: Hawai'i, 184811Missionary Graveyard13Dark Time17Comin Home19Chant of Lamentation23Refusal26He'eia30Every Island a God32At Punalu'u33Hawai'i34Christianity43A Day at the Beach45Thirst47Kaulana Na Pua48Woman51Na Wahine Noa52Kanaka Girl54Sons55Long-term Strategies57Sisters58Waikiki60Love Between the Two of Us62Colonization64Racist White Woman67Moon Over Manana71Waimanalo Morning72Gold73Dawn74Ko'olau75So Tight Is My Love76You Will Be Undarkened77Menehune Night78Ko'olauloa80Ulu82Niu83When the Rain Comes85Ha'iku86To Write by Moonlight89The Shallows90Sweeten the Mango91Open Your Weariness92Where the Fern Clings93Afternoons94I Go by the Moons96Pronunciation Key100Glossary101
