pity the nation ceramics With his reputation in tatters

With his reputation in tatters

and Keith Broadfoot restages Imants Tiller’s canonical von Guérard copy

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

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

while pushing them into bold new territory

pity the nation ceramics With his reputation in tattersINTRO4 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