A Pu'olo is a gift or offering. A sacred Hawaiian precept goes "Anywhere you go, take an offering with you".
All in Issue 2
A Pu'olo is a gift or offering. A sacred Hawaiian precept goes "Anywhere you go, take an offering with you".
this is how they begin, until the steadily humming morning peeks out from over the horizon to make everything a part of its yellow glow.
After the egg was laid you left
God protects it
After time shifts by
God protects it
She is carefully crafted grace,
long legs ready to lope in retreat
when a misstep or hot breath
makes her ears twitch.
We enter the world wailing, fighting for breath.
First breath assaults the skin, offends the body.
Insulted, we weep, unsure we want to be here.
Issue 2 of The Tiger Moth Review is proud to present the poetry, art and photography of 29 contributors from Singapore and around the world, who each offer unique ways of seeing and engaging with nature, the environment and the world we live in.