Talosanga was born on the island of Savaii, Western Samoa in 1955. His poetry has been published to audiences all over the Pacific like this piece in the book Nuanua. The poem speaks about a Polynesian boy who is growing up in the modern society; well educated, successful, and affluent. Yet, how could a boy of this nature have conflict? Hence the title “Polynesian Old Man”, the conflict occurs between he and his father. No matter how many times he came home a new and improved man, his father had a look of despair or uncertainty in his eyes. It was the way his son was growing up, in the western world, did his father not like. What more of a conflict than a conflict between a father and
Talosanga was born on the island of Savaii, Western Samoa in 1955. His poetry has been published to audiences all over the Pacific like this piece in the book Nuanua. The poem speaks about a Polynesian boy who is growing up in the modern society; well educated, successful, and affluent. Yet, how could a boy of this nature have conflict? Hence the title “Polynesian Old Man”, the conflict occurs between he and his father. No matter how many times he came home a new and improved man, his father had a look of despair or uncertainty in his eyes. It was the way his son was growing up, in the western world, did his father not like. What more of a conflict than a conflict between a father and