I am from the Panguna District of Bougainville in the South Pacific.
I write about my island's political, social and cultural issues. We have gone through war as a result of long periods of relegation and exploitation firstly from colonial powers then much later under the Papua New Guineans that rule our island
Writing is the only way I turn to promote my island and people and also, it is the way I am releasing my emotions to the world.
Since 2011 I have published poems in Keith Jackson & Friends: PNG Attitude (http: //asopa.typepad.com) and my own blog Leonard Fong Roka (http: //lfongroka.blogspot.com) .
I need to further market my island.
The New Guinean barrel faces me
And my mouth waters.
The soldier teases me
And my ears burn…
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New Guinea morons
they came to mine our land
and built they country;
as you were breast-feeding at Kavaronau.
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Freedom is yours…Freedom is yours…
Bougainville, freedom is ours.
A lone mountain frog croaks:
‘German, American ocean submarine bringing you guns and bullets
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Blackman,
A thief in his Africa;
A disease in his Australia;
An on-looker of his pride and wealth on Bougainville
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