Goddess Muscle

Karlo is well known, performing her poetry locally and internationally. The Commonwealth has repeatedly featured her on its programmes, and her poetry is taught in schools in New Zealand and the Pacific and at tertiary level. Karlo's poetry has been published in her two previous volumes, in many anthologies, in a variety of journals and online. The Goddess Muscle is Karlo's third book of poetry. Her first, Dream Fish Floating, won the NZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book of Poetry Award, Montana Book Awards 2006. Karlo is a panellist on the Radio New Zealand programme The Panel. She also has a large Facebook following

The poetry collection from award-winning Pasifika poet Karlo Mila spans work written over a decade. The poems are both personal and political. The collection meditates on love and relationships and explores identity, culture, community and belonging with a voice that does not shy away from the difficult.This long-awaited poetry collection from award-winning Pasifika poet Karlo Mila spans work written over a decade. The poems are both personal and political. They trace the effect of defining issues such as racism, poverty, violence, climate change and power on Pasifika peoples, Aotearoa and beyond. They also focus on the internal and micro issues - the ending of a marriage, the hope of new relationships, and the daily politics of being a partner, woman and mother. The collection meditates on love and relationships and explores identity, culture, community and belonging with a voice that does not shy away from the difficult.