Showing posts with label Afghanistan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Afghanistan. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 20, 2015

¿Donde esta esa Chica?

¡Saludos a todos! Solo les quiero compartir este poema que escribi y despues traduci al español. Gracias a Dios fue publicado. ¡Estoy bien emocionada y espero que solo sea el primer de muchos! Espero que les guste.

¿Dónde está esa Chica? 
Ekphrasis sobre "Áfghan Girl"

A primera vista
                Ves una nina.
La segunda vez,
                ¿Una chica?
No—
                Sus ojos,
                                Demuestran mucho más.
Anillos dorados rodean por dentro de Sus ojos encendidos
reflejando la violencia de tiroteos;
rodeados por un mar verde
ahogando los llantos
de terror atrapados
dentro de Su alma.
                                Desconfiadamente—
deslumbran, expresando—
                ¿Como se atreven?
Como trozos de vidrios;
Penetran a los que se acercan
demasiado.
Para  Ella,
El hombre huero detrás del lente,
 y los Rusos
                                                                Quien la convirtieron en huérfana,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Bombardearon Su hogar,                                        Desterrándola de su propia tierra,
Parecen ser los mismos.

Su chal, como un patrón con muchas puestas de sol—
Cierran un capítulo de Su vida,
Reverberando silenciosamente de Su viaje arduo y largo.
Su cabello es un enredo indomable
de hebras café.
Gritando—
De su escape repentino y pronto.
Su piel, el color de barro
Endurecido por vientos ásperos
                                                                Y soles áridos
Es un cuento desolado,
de una tierra
sin más lágrimas que derramar
 ¿Donde esta esa niña?
¿Donde esta esa chica?

Monday, March 30, 2015

Where is that Girl? Ekfrasis 'Afghan Girl'

Hello Everyone, I am excited to share this piece with you because it has just been published this month of May 2015! I hope it it only the first of many. I hope you enjoy it. 

Historical context: I wrote this piece for my creative writing class. It is a descriptive piece over an original work called "Afghan Girl" which is the photograph I have included below. We were expiramenting with show don't tell as well as giving our interpretation of it as well. 
The historical background to the photograph is that this young girl pictured here is an Afghanistan refugee who fled with her siblings and her grandmother because of Russian bombings in her village where her parents were killed. They fled over land for a long time...I bellieve it was towards Pakistan. I try to explain some of her history through her appearance. 

Where Is That Girl?
Ekphrasis on “Afghan Girl”
At a glance,
sits a child.
The second time
 a young girl?
No—
Her eyes,
They show much more.
Golden rings inside Her blazing orbs
Reflect violence of gunfire;
Surrounded by ocean green
drowning cries
of terror
in
Her soul.
Distrustfully—
they glare,
As if to say—
How do you dare?
like broken shards of glass;
piercing those
who come
too close.

To Her—
The white man behind the lens,
And the Russians
who made her an orphan,
bombed her home
And drove her out
are all one and the same.

Her torn shawl
like patterned sunsets—
closing a chapter in Her life,
silently echoing Her long and rough journey.

Her wild hair is an untamable mess
of tangled brown threads.

Screaming —
Of a sudden, and quick escape.

Her clay colored skin
—hardened by harsh winds
and arid suns
is a desolate tale,
of a land
with no more tears.

Where is the child?

Where is—
that girl?