partially collapsed but the books were saved. The Haitian poet and painter Franketienne sees in the January 12 "apocalypse" a chance for a "collective awakening.""We often waver or fall," the white-bearded playwright said in an interview, speaking slowly a syllable at a time. "But we then have to learn how to ride out our fall."
"Transforming your fall into a horse"--the metaphor was born long before the "monster" quake crashed through Franketienne's impoverished country, killing over 200,000 people and leaving 1.2 million others homeless.
from France 24: Poet urges fellow Haitians to ride out their misery
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