Three poems for Fäeag Rotuạm ta (Rotuman language) revitalisation in Aotearoa New Zealand.

In the bustling field of language revitalisation, an Oceanic language isolate in Aotearoa New Zealand, is being given niu life. Fäeag Rotuạm ta, which has the United Nations endangerment status of vulnerable, is the language of approximately 15,000 Rotuman Islanders. In response to these deficit narratives of "endangerment" and "vulnerability", Rotuman Islanders, particularly in the diaspora, have gathered to act on their deep and innate cultural connections to Fäeag Rotuạm ta. Equally in resistance and pride, these acts have resulted in remarkable community-based language revitalisation initiatives. Language revitalisation can also be manifested in creative writing output. Pasifika creative literature since the 1950s has produced novels, short stories and poems that have spoken to and against societal angst. In this creative paper, I present and discuss three poems that respond to the decline in Fäeag Rotuạm ta language use. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]