These three works are first framed with a poem collated by Mere Taito. The cover art, "Ka Po Ho'iho'i - Black as the Spectrum in Unity" (2020), builds upon a conversation ignited by Dr Sarah Jane Moore's "Lunar Mother," and her invitation to collaborate. The dialogue began via zoom connecting Dr. Moore with three other Pacific scholars based at the University of Waikato in Kirikiriroa-Hamilton, Aotearoa-New Zealand: Dr David Taufui Mikato Fa'avae from Tonga, Mere Taito from Rotuma, and Dr Nalani Wilson-Hokowhitu from Hawai'i. Upon reflecting on the poems "F?gi", "T?n Folu", and "Ho'ag Ne Sas Ta", Mere Taito expresses how her creative project speaks to "Ka Po Ho'iho'i" (2020), as it is also way of "returning, a returning to her heritage language Fäeag Rotu?m ta which has become rusty and broken along the way because of the lack of 'proper keeping'." Her creative contribution summarises her present work toward a creative doctorate. Dr Fa'avae communicates how he calls "potent spiritual energies that ignite the loto, laumalie, and 'atamai (soul, spirit, and mind)." Thus, also articulating potentiality, which he explores within cultural sources, maau (poetry) and faiva (dance). All of the submissions express the vitality of language, culture, genealogy, poetry, creativity and identity.