Poetry meme - caught from celandineb

When you see this, post a poem on your journal.

Te Putake Mai o te Pu Harakeke by Arapera Hiniira Kaa E ki, e ki, e ki, He pu, he pu, he pu, He pu harakeke, He tangata, he tangata! Taku whakautu, He pu, he pu, he pu, He pu harakeke, He wahine, he wahine! Anei haki te patai, Ma wai, ma wai, ma wai, Ko wai, ko wai, ko wai, Te putake o te ora? Taku whakautu, He rito, he pu, he pu harakeke tu He wahine-wahine!

Who is Important? (rough translation) The time has come for some of us to abandon imagining flax to be mankind! Aesthetically, such growth of fan-shaped symmetry can only be that of womankind! Weigh, consider, who gives unquestioned, reassures, regenerates, who is the source of life? There is but one reply, Birth, growth, life with meaning cannot exist without womankind!

(Dedicated to the Maori Women's Welfare League, written after getting bored with a repetitive phrase.)

Farscape

So, I almost forgot the real reason that I didn't do a lot of reading in February.

I FINALLY MADE IT THROUGH SEASON ONE OF FARSCAPE!!!!!!!!!

And, wow, did it grow on me.  It took me three attempts to finish the first episode, and then the next five or so were kinda meh, but when they finally started focusing on world-building (as opposed to just telling a stand-alone story per episode), I started to enjoy it.  So much so that I would watch multiple episodes in one sitting, which, for me, is pretty unusual.  

I even managed to get over my dislike of Rygel-the-puppet (honestly, if it isn't Muppet Treasure Island, then the use of muppets just makes me uncomfortable).

AND.  I got used to the Australian accents.  Sort of.  Plus I figured out why those accents upset me - American or European accents are uncommon enough here to be suitably exotic, which works for scifi/fantasy-type productions.  Australian or NZ accents, on the other hand, are familiar enough that hearing them throws me out of the story.

I gotta say that Claudia Black is mighty fine, and makes Aeryn Sun my favourite character.