charlottegrahamspougeMay 10, 20181 minArtist- Poetry From Around the WorldI’m just an artist Who got stuck Lost in a painting Where images are no longer enough And the yearning for words only grows. A short poem...
charlottegrahamspougeMay 1, 20181 minThe Girl Who Dreams of Darkness- Poetry From Around the WorldThe girl who dreams of darkness Ran away From people who kept her still Went astray When we opposed her will The girl who dreams of...
charlottegrahamspougeApr 29, 20181 minHow Breezy Life Can Be: Poetry from around the worldHe remembered How breezy life can be When you just let things slip by If you don’t grip too tight Nor stand too loose If you can cry But...
charlottegrahamspougeNov 10, 20171 minPeople of Nepal: At HomeOnce school is over, the kids head back home. The younger children can play outside in the fields. Or do schoolwork… The women usually...
charlottegrahamspougeNov 7, 20171 minPeople of Nepal: Festival TimeHinduism is the largest religion in Nepal. In almost every week that I lived here, there was a festival or occasion of some sort. The...
charlottegrahamspougeNov 4, 20171 minPeople of Nepal: FarmersIncome is very low in Nepal because so many people rely on subsistence farming. In Lamjung, many people have their own fields in which...
charlottegrahamspougeNov 2, 20173 minFalling Victim to the Single Story (five stories)When you know nothing about a country, it is difficult to imagine what it will be like. When you know a few sparse facts about a place,...
charlottegrahamspougeSep 4, 20171 minShamila’s storyThis is one of my Nepali counterparts, Shamila. She is 18 years old and this is her first time leaving home for so long. She comes from a...
charlottegrahamspougeSep 1, 20171 minParty time in community Girls young enough to still be in school celebrate Teej by dressing in red, dancing and fasting in order to get a good husband in the...
charlottegrahamspougeAug 8, 20172 minNever been so remote Thought I’d do a photography post to highlight some of the utterly remote aspects of where I decided it would be a good idea to live for...
charlottegrahamspougeJul 29, 20173 minSisters for SistersHigh up in the jungle hills, moist dwellings house the Dalit community. I reach them sweaty from the climb, my boots caked in red mud and...
charlottegrahamspougeJul 25, 20171 minWild NepalLast night, I opened the bedroom door to visit the toilet. I gripped my torchlight ready to face off cockroaches, spiders, mosquitoes,...
charlottegrahamspougeJul 18, 20171 minVolunteering in Nepal Nepal. What can I say about Nepal? First off, it’s beautiful. My dad described it as the most beautiful country he’d visited and I can...