http://jacynthaengland.com/wordpress Copyright 2007 Wed, 08 Aug 2007 09:30:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.2.1 http://jacynthaengland.com/wordpress/index.php?p=36 http://jacynthaengland.com/wordpress/index.php?p=36#comments Wed, 08 Aug 2007 09:30:05 +0000 Poems http://jacynthaengland.com/wordpress/index.php?p=36 I’m beginning to understand hunger now, when famine stories become truths when, pushing aside books that speak of collectivization’s a) political reasons, b) statistical numbers, and c) migratory patterns, I watch her face as she tells me the story ... http://www.jacynthaengland.com/wordpress/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=36 http://jacynthaengland.com/wordpress/index.php?p=35 http://jacynthaengland.com/wordpress/index.php?p=35#comments Wed, 08 Aug 2007 09:28:58 +0000 Poems http://jacynthaengland.com/wordpress/index.php?p=35 They arrive in darkness, slowly, tentatively, eyes squinting under flickering streetlights Is this the place? their questioning faces seem to say Have we really found it, is this actually going to happen? The consular section won’t open for another two hours but here they stand, holding down their places in line, knowing that being in front or ... http://www.jacynthaengland.com/wordpress/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=35 http://jacynthaengland.com/wordpress/index.php?p=34 http://jacynthaengland.com/wordpress/index.php?p=34#comments Wed, 08 Aug 2007 09:27:36 +0000 Poems http://jacynthaengland.com/wordpress/index.php?p=34 Karina is eight years old and speaks enough English to tell me her name but no more She is the only child here, dragged along because her mother was only told about this meeting yesterday and couldn’t find a babysitter in time I am the only foreigner here, invited to give the opening ... http://www.jacynthaengland.com/wordpress/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=34 http://jacynthaengland.com/wordpress/index.php?p=33 http://jacynthaengland.com/wordpress/index.php?p=33#comments Wed, 08 Aug 2007 09:26:12 +0000 Writings and Essays http://jacynthaengland.com/wordpress/index.php?p=33 about looking at the snow-capped mountains from my bedroom window, touching the spring flowers blooming by the sidewalk, or breathing the warm spring air that makes folks smile at each other again and say yes, we made it through yet another winter Instead, I’m telling you about a town north ... http://www.jacynthaengland.com/wordpress/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=33 http://jacynthaengland.com/wordpress/index.php?p=32 http://jacynthaengland.com/wordpress/index.php?p=32#comments Wed, 08 Aug 2007 09:24:49 +0000 Poems http://jacynthaengland.com/wordpress/index.php?p=32 On Monday morning’s commute the city stumbles blindly, head down, eyes never adjusting to the lingering darkness, pale face turned yearningly skywards, knowing the sun won’t come for at least another hour Yesterday I saw Jana window shopping on her way to evening mass snowflakes rested on the tips of her hair - I wanted to ... http://www.jacynthaengland.com/wordpress/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=32