pity the nation ceramics While dozens of short catalogue

While dozens of short catalogue essays and reviews have referenced their work

This marks the first Australian survey of its kind

With his reputation in tatters

He is regarded as one of Papua New Guinea’s most prolific writers and an influential literary voice of Oceania

But a sculpture has gone missing from a museum in Palermo

pity the nation ceramics While dozens of short catalogueINTRO4 BARS Chorus 12 Bars pity the nation pity the nation pity the nation pity the nation PAUSE2 BARS Verse 18 Bars pity the nation that is full of empty faith pity the nation that wears cloth it does not weave eats gluttony breads it does not harvest drinks wine that flows not from its wine press pity the nation that acclaims the bully as hero hails and deems the glittering conquerer bountiful pity a nation that despises passion only in its dreams