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HONE TUWHARE, Archive of Letters and Poems.
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$10,000 - $12,000
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$20,000
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HONE TUWHARE
Archive of Letters and Poems.
A series of letters written by Hone Tuwhare over a three -year period to a young woman who had developed a love of his poetry and wrote to tell him. He responded with letters of advice, poems, and friendship. The first letter from Kaka Point written in pencil dated 7th Oct, 94. ‘… I’ve re read your letter and have picked up something to write – anything and say how my pulse jumped when I read your words “… your poems are like a human being that I don’t know but as the poem goes on line by line, I get to know this person this human being”, you write good Koyal when you write like that – straight up – and with your hand stretched out like we was friends already …’ .’….I don’t normally ask students who write to me to also send their poems [in case I get buried under them!] Do please let me look at some…’ Copies of three poems written by Koyal and sent to Hone. Another letter written by Hone in December 1994 with two short poems ‘Kiwi Haiku,/but,/I protest, my love for you isn’t minimal: its animal…./H.T. [Blessings]’ Another titled - ‘Manaaki,/Im sending you two/a mini wai-ata/Im burbling it out/Like a tui/Kia ora and kia kaha!/with my arohanui./Kismet: Hone Tuwhare’. The collection includes the 5th, 6th versions of his poem “Dreamy Love Song”, handwritten and notated with corrections and at the end signed and with the times and dates they were completed. With the final typed copy inscribed to Koyal and her mother telling her he is submitting this to Metro Magazine, signed ‘My love to you & your dear Mum, Hone with aroha 29/1/95 Kaka Point’. Another Poem Headed in his writing ‘Copy for Princess Koyal from Hone with love 20/7/95….’ The poem in typescript ‘Forget me Knots’, 33 lines on a single leaf. At the end a P.S. in his hand ‘my ten- year- old Amstrad word processor with printer is getting real temperamental these days. I have to pull the plug from the wall before it behaves…. I think I’ll buy a brand- new ribbon & sing to it beautifully: that’s what I shall do. Hone. A booklet of poems titled Dodona written and published by Bernard Cadogan in 1995, signed by the author and inscribed by Hone. Two photographs both inscribed verso by Hone, one of him and the ‘the other of the view out the window of my Bach [or “crib” at it is called by South Islanders]’.
Archive of Letters and Poems.
A series of letters written by Hone Tuwhare over a three -year period to a young woman who had developed a love of his poetry and wrote to tell him. He responded with letters of advice, poems, and friendship. The first letter from Kaka Point written in pencil dated 7th Oct, 94. ‘… I’ve re read your letter and have picked up something to write – anything and say how my pulse jumped when I read your words “… your poems are like a human being that I don’t know but as the poem goes on line by line, I get to know this person this human being”, you write good Koyal when you write like that – straight up – and with your hand stretched out like we was friends already …’ .’….I don’t normally ask students who write to me to also send their poems [in case I get buried under them!] Do please let me look at some…’ Copies of three poems written by Koyal and sent to Hone. Another letter written by Hone in December 1994 with two short poems ‘Kiwi Haiku,/but,/I protest, my love for you isn’t minimal: its animal…./H.T. [Blessings]’ Another titled - ‘Manaaki,/Im sending you two/a mini wai-ata/Im burbling it out/Like a tui/Kia ora and kia kaha!/with my arohanui./Kismet: Hone Tuwhare’. The collection includes the 5th, 6th versions of his poem “Dreamy Love Song”, handwritten and notated with corrections and at the end signed and with the times and dates they were completed. With the final typed copy inscribed to Koyal and her mother telling her he is submitting this to Metro Magazine, signed ‘My love to you & your dear Mum, Hone with aroha 29/1/95 Kaka Point’. Another Poem Headed in his writing ‘Copy for Princess Koyal from Hone with love 20/7/95….’ The poem in typescript ‘Forget me Knots’, 33 lines on a single leaf. At the end a P.S. in his hand ‘my ten- year- old Amstrad word processor with printer is getting real temperamental these days. I have to pull the plug from the wall before it behaves…. I think I’ll buy a brand- new ribbon & sing to it beautifully: that’s what I shall do. Hone. A booklet of poems titled Dodona written and published by Bernard Cadogan in 1995, signed by the author and inscribed by Hone. Two photographs both inscribed verso by Hone, one of him and the ‘the other of the view out the window of my Bach [or “crib” at it is called by South Islanders]’.
