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My name is Podrigotouma and one of the things I love about poetry

is that in public events, particularly public events

that are marking a time of difficulty,

if the right poem is chosen and recited in a particular way,

it can act like some kind of a civic ritual.

I've been at a commemoration events after tragedies

and events like this have a certain sobriety to them

where you're praising what's still surviving

as well as lamenting what's gone

and poetry can do that by what's said and by what's unsaid.

If I had to sing by Hinnimoana Baker,

I have no idea what to call this rebirth

and yet I'm here to name it,

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