Originally published in Poem-a-Day on May 22, 2020 by the Academy of American Poets. You do not know if this is permanent.Anything can change, after all. I thought I had collected them all! Craig Santos Perez is a native Chamoru (Chamorro) from the Pacific Island of Guåhan/Guam. The oils from the SPAM® moisturize the wood and give the furniture a nice luster. Hormel Foods donated 40,000 cases of the belly-filling foodstuff to the Salvation Army's disaster relief effort. Craig is an indigenous Chamoru (Chamorro) from the Pacific Island of Guåhan (Guam). Then I met my future wife, who is Hawaiian, and SPAM® became part of my life again. The kids loved it! “This poem emerged from the recognition that the words ‘ocean’ and ‘canoe’ are composed of the same letters. As a Pacific Islander poet, this resonated as a lesson in poetics, or an ‘ars pasifika.’” Wow, I haven't seen this much SPAM® since I lived on Guam and the car dealership there started offering 50lb bags of rice and cases of SPAM® with every purchase. In 1995, his family moved to California. the negative space often more importantthan the positive. myself within it. behě g ñe’i.Hemhoa s-ap ‘am o ’a: mac si has elid, mo d. ’i:mig. Throughout the semester, I collaborated with online news site, The Hawaii Independent, to engage with a a public audience and to raise awareness, through poetry, about the environment, climate change, sustainability, resource use, development, militarism and conservation. We don't want to be protected from SPAM® bots. More Craig Santos Perez > sign up for poem … Dr. Craig Santos Perez. Language is not oftenin that shape. Craig Santos Perez, a native Chamorro from Mongmong, Guam, writes about themes such … He is the co-founder of Ala Press, co-star of the poetry album Undercurrent (Hawai’i Dub Machine, 2011), and author of three collections of poetry: from unincorporated territory [hacha] (Tinfish Press, 2008), from unincorporated territory [saina](Omnidawn, 2010), and from unincorporated territory … Hormel even made a Hot and Spicy SPAM® especially formulated for Guam with Tabasco already added to it! Guam, Hawaii, and Saipan have the only McDonald's restaurants that feature SPAM® on the menu. Plus, it's processed so I guess we can keep it forever right? I eat SPAM® on a regular basis and I'm not dead yet. Not coincidentally, SPAM® is also popular in Hawaii, the Philippines, Okinawa, and Saipan, all places with a history of a U.S. military presence. can make loneliness seem frighteningly new. That's about six million SPAM®burgers! I have a souvenir can I bought after seeing Monty Python's SPAM®ALOT on Broadway. The name itself stands for Specially Processed Army Meat, Salted Pork And More, Super Pink Artificial Meat, Squirrel Possum And Mouse, or Some People Are Missing. A culinary legacy of American troops stationed in the Pacific during World War Two, the GIs noticed how much the people of Guam loved SPAM®, so they started to jokingly call it "Chamorro Steak." “This poem emerged from the recognition that the words ‘ocean’ and ‘canoe’ are composed of the same letters. Perez earned his BA in literature and creative writing in 2002 at the University of Redlands in California and his MFA in poetry at the University of San Francisco in 2006. For Xmas, I bought a SPAM® snow-globe featuring a can of SPAM® sitting on an island; turn it over and a typhoon swirls madly, unable to unseat SPAM® from its place of honor. I went to the "World's Largest K-Mart" in Guam and I was amazed at the SPAM® display…it was like a whole "Wall of SPAM®." Craig Santos Perez, a native Chamorro from Mongmong, Guam, writes about themes such as Pacific life, immigration, ancestry, colonialism, and diaspora. But as I got older and tried to be "healthier" (whatever that means, haha), SPAM® faded from my consciousness. In the devastating wake of Typhoon Omar, SPAM® arrived. depending on the frame? T-ñi’okı˘ ’att ’an o ’u’akc o hihiAm ka:ck wui dada.S-ap ‘am o ’a: mo has ma:s g kiod.mat ’am ’ed.a betank ’i-gei.’Am o ’a: mo he’es ’i-ge’ej,mo hascu wud. The end result can be found in the newspaper's obituary pages. Craig Santos Perez is a native Chamorro from Mongmong, Guam. He is a poet, scholar, editor, publisher, essayist, critic, book reviewer, artist, environmentalist, and … Craig Santos Perez, a native Chamorro from Mongmong, Guam, writes about themes such as Pacific life, immigration, ancestry, colonialism, and diaspora. On average, each Chamorro consumes 16 tins of SPAM® each year, which is more per capita than any country in the world. Just switch to SPAM® Lite. While this poem specifically addresses refugees from Syria, it is also written in solidarity with refugees from Africa, the Americas, Asia, and the Pacific, who are being displaced by war, violence, poverty, and climate change.” —Craig Santos Perez. SPAM's carbon footprint. Copyright © 2020 by Craig Santos Perez. Headline: Guam Struggles to Find Its Roots From Beneath Growing Piles of SPAM®. Background In the Fall of 2015, I taught a graduate course on Pacific and International Eco-Poetics. My uncle is the reigning Guam SPAM® king. The Allies would not have won WWII without SPAM®. soon, maroon canoe; soon, reservoir severe: Hemhoa s-ap ‘am o ’a: mac si has elid, mo d. ’i:mig. How did I miss hearing about the "In Honor of Guam's Liberation" SPAM®! I wake myself imagining the shapeof the day and where I will find. A single thoughtcan make loneliness seem frighteningly new. As a Pacific Islander poet, this resonated as a lesson in poetics, or an ‘ars pasifika.’” —Craig Santos Perez You'll be like Santa Claus meets Mr. Clean. —Craig Santos Perez. Here SPAM® is considered a gourmet luxury and is often presented as a gift at birthdays, weddings, and funerals. He lived there for fifteen years before moving to Hawaii. i:da gewkdagajmac ’ab amjed. He won the last SPAM® cook-off with his Spicy SPAM® meatballs. (to my wife, nālaniand our 7-month old daughter, kai), o canoe, maroon canoeover mesmeric waves we rowover an azure ionian seaover mariners' mum communionover icarus's un-ascensionover men-o'-war + runner missionsover ice-run ruins, over anxious cruisesover seismic omens + vesuvian ooze we row, we rowravenous sea, reassure me reserve me an amnesia, caesura, a serene unconscious ease, o canoe, maroon canoewe row in seven rains + six monsoonswe row in summer snowsseven seasons wax + wanewe row near sorceress circe's manor (six + seven swine nurse acorns, en masse aware) we row near sirens + swoon severe(voices immerse us, caress our ears in razor arias), we row near mermen, oceanic emissaries on a waveour oars announce us in murmur, in susurrous musicsonorous sea, connoisseur in snare: un-accuse, excuse meaeonic erosion, receive me, examine + rewire cure me + rename, a carmine sun commences an aurora, an amorous soireeone moon arc answers in romanceorion rises + canis minor carves noira near aroma—some essence, some evanescence—arouses in me remorse + reminiscence: some once omission, some non-reunion, somemirror version, some overcome evasion, a misnomer, a woe, a sorrow— o canoe, maroon canoe, o sea swerve, oceremonious casanova, o crimson sea serene, unweave our sinuous maze, our nexusrenew me, new—no secrecies, evasion—a sum immersion in a now, o raw maria on moon, o unison sun, o universe worn in unconcern,issue a summons, convene + reconvene+ answer meis a souvenir a sorrow sewnare cocoons meaner secreciesis erasure a crimeis reverence so rareis an error ever overcome, soon, maroon canoe; soon, reservoir severe: a missive scriven in cruor, in rime.
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