statistics on poverty
we no longer respond to statistics. numbers can be so bloodless.... here is link to a collection of poems and personal accounts of poverty:
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTPOVERTY/EXTPA/0,,contentMDK:20158015~menuPK:435040~pagePK:148956~piPK:216618~theSitePK:430367,00.html
my fav was "Lullaby of the Onion" by Miguel Hernandez. Here's an intro to the poem:
Born into a peasant family in Spain in 1910, Miguel Hernandez had little formal education but succeeded in publishing his first book of poems by age 23. Arrested several times for opposing Franco, he died at 31 of tuberculosis contracted in prison. In "Lullaby of the Onion," he reflects on the present condition of and future prospects for his baby son. The poem was written after he received a letter from his wife stating that she had only bread and onions to eat.
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTPOVERTY/EXTPA/0,,contentMDK:20158015~menuPK:435040~pagePK:148956~piPK:216618~theSitePK:430367,00.html
my fav was "Lullaby of the Onion" by Miguel Hernandez. Here's an intro to the poem:
Born into a peasant family in Spain in 1910, Miguel Hernandez had little formal education but succeeded in publishing his first book of poems by age 23. Arrested several times for opposing Franco, he died at 31 of tuberculosis contracted in prison. In "Lullaby of the Onion," he reflects on the present condition of and future prospects for his baby son. The poem was written after he received a letter from his wife stating that she had only bread and onions to eat.
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