A few new poems

A few new poem excerpts from my upcoming suite of new ebooks, that are currently in the editing and design phases. Some of my selected original poems also feature in the $11AUD ‘POETRY PACK’ monthly subscription of TOI TREASURY MAORI ART MAIL CLUB available now.

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Mō ngā iwi katoa o ngā tae katoa

For all tribes of all colours
For the keepers who remembered
For the children who will lead us
Into Te Ao Hou

For the Earth who is waiting

May we be worthy of the rainbow

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Night
Cover me
I have no words
I have no tears
Only weight
Sit on my chest if you must
But do not leave

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Nobody told me grief is quiet
I thought it would wail
Instead it sits
Like a stone in my throat
Like a house with all the lights off

Black is not empty
Black is full of you

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Mō ngā wāhine o te pō me te ao
For the women of night and day
For the keepers. The seers.

The ones who remember.

For the Māreikura of old, and the priestesses rising now.

You do not need permission to be sacred.

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A priestess is a bridge
Between the seen and unseen
Between people and atua
Between chaos and order
Between wound and wisdom

She is not a performer
She is a presence

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The Toi Treasury Maori Art Mail Club is NOW AVAILABLE

I have wanted to put an offer like this together for so long, and now it is finally here! I am pleased to make available to you: THE TOI TREASURY MAORI ART MONTHLY MAIL CLUB!

This is a monthly subscription service where you can choose which subscription option best suits you, and receive gorgeous high quality printed art postcards, poem postcards, letters and stickers in your physical mailbox from m every month.

All envelopes hand packed by me personally. I can post these art packs WORLDWIDE.

This is a wonderful way for you to be receiving fresh new Toi Māori and unique art in your mailbox every month, whilst simultaneously sponsoring me to continue traveling the world living my best life sharing Toi Māori and Māori perspectives in new spaces and with new audiences.

You deserve to treat yourself to something special, and your support would also mean the world to me.

All art packs will be sent out monthly by standard post. I hope you love this cool offer just as much as I do!

You can email me on taryn.teuira@gmail.com at any time if you have any questions about the TOI TREASURY MAORI ART MAIL CLUB, and you are free to cancel your subscription at any time. Start your mini art journey today.

Kia ora, from Melbourne Australia

Kia ora whanau, after four years back home in Aotearoa, New Zealand, I am now touring again, sharing my Tā Moko and Toi Māori with the world. I am currently in Melbourne, and looking at heading to Cairns and Perth (Australia) after this.

Please see my bookings page to enquire about tā moko with me at any of these locations. I also hope to make it back to Bali and Tahiti later this year, fingers crossed (two of my favorite regions in the whole world).

I am excited to currently be working on a new monthly art subscription club that YOU can join, called the TOI TREASURY MĀORI ART MONTHLY MAIL CLUB. This is a fun and accessible way for you to receive 4x mini collectable A6 unique art postcards in your mailbox every month, whilst simultaneously also sponsoring me to continue traveling the world sharing my Toi Māori and Māori perspectives with the world.

A win for you and a win for me.

Details of the new upcoming TOI TREASURY MĀORI ART MONTHLY MAIL CLUB will be available soon. Thank you for your continued support, you make my world go round.

Mauriora!