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Tipani comprises the selected poems of Ian George, Christine Hatcher, Harry Ivaiti, Jon Jonassen, Kauraka Kauraka, Florence Syme, Makiuti Tongia, and Manu Tutapu. The volume tackles complex problematics of racism “Racial Discrimination”, sense of belonging “Coral Beach”and “Home”, morality “My Dad”, nostalgy “Shell” and “When I Leave”, love ”Mother”, self-disclosure “I Walk”. The compositions such as “Ngapoko Bertram” convey the strong connection to origin and ancestry which form inseparable component of identity. The authors do not restrain from raising difficult matters of the pressure in between Global North and South “Forgotten Shelves” and tackle the issues caused by both Internal “Drunen Moods” and external factors “Service on Mangaia”, “Kia Orana”. The collection of poems encourage to observe and confront, react and response. Tipani could be briefly described by Jim W. Corder’s words, who said “[r]hetoric is love, and it must speak a commodious language, creating a world full of space and time that will hold our diversities” (1985, 31). “Harmony Not Prejudice”, by Christine Hatcher, is one of the volume’s poems which might be quoted to represent its overall character and aim to navigate through inequalities and calling for change: Stop! blaming the colour God happened to find on his palette the morning of your birth. Imagine the monotony were we all the same Look! beyond mere pigment to what people really are instead of condemning with prejudice and ignorance making fear you master. Find! the antidote to this poison which kills compassion separates humans, cultures nurturing only sad losses denying the richness of knowledge. Free! your mind from debilitating pollution. Yes! We are all different, unique- but let’s select only the best as gifts for our children (7) Corder, J. W. (1985). Argument as Emergence, Rhetoric as Love. Rhetoric Review, 4(1),16-32. Tongia, M., & Kauraka, K. (1991). Tipani: Poems of The Cook Islands. Tauranga Vananga.