Bred in South Auckland, The trick of standing upright here and The Indigenous Pakeha.
Glenn Colquhoun.
Poems.
The poems “Bred in South Auckland, The trick of standing upright here, and The Indigenous Pakeha” is related to our theme study of ‘the importance of culture and cultural differences’ because Glenn Colquhoun shows how elements of their culture are important to him. This is shown when he explains how everyone belongs somewhere. That each culture is different yet unique and connected to other cultures; “The trick of standing upright here is the trick of using both feet.”
An important message explained and shown through the poems is cultural and multi/sub-cultures, their lifestyles and how culture’s are stereotyped; “…I listen to talkback radio. I use EFPTOS. Some people think I am a typical pakeha.” This is related to how Glenn Colquhoun’s culture was different, and how he grew up looking over the fence; “Meeting is the grip inside a hand. It is the sound of met lips.”
The text made me see how he uses stereotism and multi-cultural differences, making what I read interesting. Also how he used Paradox in places of the poems that may have seemed stranged but contained meaning and truth if you were reading it between the lines. We also both let go of the negative aspects of a culture. What I have learnt is that each culture is different, yet connected. That you use different parts of another culture in your own; “The art of walking upright here is the art of using both feet.” And another thing is to be proud of being different or multi-cultural; “I think I am the luckiest mongrel I know.”
Bred in South Auckland, The trick of standing perpendicular here and The Indigenous Pakeha.
Glenn Colquhoun.
Poems.
The poems Bred in South Auckland, The trick of standing upright here, and The Indigenous Pakeha is