Haikus on Burundian Food
Burundian food… Mix of African and world Not just rice and beans Green Lenga Lenga Soft ground spinach melts in mouth Sometimes find a rock Ugali! Yum! Yum! Squishy, gluy feeling in hand Lop! Dip! Scoop some food. Oh pan chocolate… Diets fail at Café G Less than one dollar! Beer and brochette Once a […]
Happy-go-lucky!
June 23, 2013 – GHC visiting Village Health Works in Kigutu, Bururi, Burundi. We were given the rare opportunity to tour the medical facilities, husbandry site, and community gardens that make up VHW. Along with the primary school children enrolled in the United States Embassy’s English Access Program, we made friendship bracelets and taught them […]
A Chinese Sonnet
Walk down a street. “Ni hao! Ni hao!” they scream First it bothered me but it’s now a game Before, I would sulk, just filling with steam Now, I get “chinois!” just it’s all the same I am not the only one, often my Italian friend is call Chinese too he tells them otherwise, they […]
No words, just punches
I don’t speak a lick of Swahili or Kirundi. And the other Burundian boxers hardly speak French or English, but we still communicate; not through talking, but through sport. Regardless of whether or not I can verbally speak to them, sweating and sharing punches with one another forms a bond between us. It is an […]