SELI has conducted the 8th of 12 writing workshops with the staff of Health Unlimited Sierra Leone, now called Health Poverty Action, in Murray Town.
Every member of staff has been writing on his/her chosen personal experiences following the writing process. Whoever is in town on the day of the workshop is welcome: employees from Kamakwie, overseas consultants working with Health Unlimited, and Those Who Keep the Fort. At the beginning of each weekly session, we work with journals: we respond to photos, we write poems, we write first drafts of plays responding to images. . . You will love the cinquains and haiku posted on the notice board at the HU's entrance. It's been a delight getting to know each one of these special people. We all see that everyone has stories to tell, and that an inclination to poetry is in no way dependent upon educational background. No one could have a better job than I!
The poems did make me smile - makes me feel the heat of the dry season and the coolness of the ocean!
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