Waiting, waiting, waiting

I have been waiting now for almost five months. It will be 5 months on March 7th. No sign of a VISA. No sign that there will be a sign of a VISA- and yet they told me two months. What system is this, designed to keep people apart for so long? What bureaucracy that does not make way- even for love?

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Written by fungaijames on February 27th, 2009 with no comments.
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The Susie Smith Memorial Prize 2009

Oxfam Great Britain established the Susie Smith Memorial Prize in 2008 to honour the life and work of Susie Smith who died in June 2006. Susie touched the lives of many people around the world in her 30-year career with Oxfam. In her later years with the organisation, she championed the cause of HIV and AIDS and pioneered new approaches to tackling the pandemic. With this prize, Oxfam wants to acknowledge and build on Susie’s deep sense of justice and commitment to sub-Saharan African and her incredible talent and determination to challenge traditional thinking - especially about HIV and AIDS - wherever she found it. The prize of £3,000 will be awarded to a single piece of published writing on HIV and AIDS from sub-Saharan Africa. Any type of writing (for example poetry, fiction, a play, an article or a chapter of a book) of up to 10,000 words, in English, and published since January 2006, will be eligible. The judges will focus on two key elements: the quality of the piece itself (writing, analysis, insights) and evidence of impact of the writing in the media and/or with people, governments or other institutions.

Deadline: 31 March 2009

For more information visit http://www.oxfam.org.uk/susiesmith 

Written by fungaijames on February 11th, 2009 with no comments.
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i am missing you

i am missing you
in agonized moments
that tick by
in painful tock motion
ants that never stop
neon signs
that won’t go off
flashing always
keep waiting- soon
keep waiting- soon

Written by fungaijames on February 5th, 2009 with no comments.
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