from our hands to yours

is a selection of poems from five years of poetry workshops with students in English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) classes at Mana College in Porirua.

The students write about subjects, from grandparents, to wishes, to how they seem to other people, in poems that are moving, charming, funny and sometimes awkward. The students are from Samoa, Syria, Fiji, Vietnam, Tonga, Tokelau, Philippines, Myanmar, and Colombia. Some are English beginners; others are more fluent.

It is an inspiring collection for students and teachers, but also a delightful collection of poems for the general reader.

Poetry

Paperback

Adrienne Jansen

184 pages

H: 198mm W: 129mm