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The History Lesson

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Sand was running from their mouths,

but we thought it was Salt,

and our food would taste better.

Soon the earth was covered with dunes

of Sand and Sacrifice- Still life

of military genius Set free;

the children of the few who Sat

by the rivers of Babylon and wept for their city,

the even fewer infants Spared

from Herod’s Sword

only to grow up witnessing the burning

of the Sacred Scrolls at Alexandria -

the earliest Holocaust of knowledge –

and thousands of Hansels-and-Gretels in Europe

never to be rescued from the Ogre’s furnaces

are now potash

on the Shores of the Dead Sea.

(We all know this, said a preschooler,

tell us who killed the sea.)

©Elena Malec, California, August 2nd, 1997

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Autor: Elena Malec
Tip: Poezie
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Nascuta pe 31 iulie,1954 la Bucuresti, Romania. STUDII Licentiata in filologie, Universitatea Bucuresti, Facultatea de Limbi Moderne specialitatea Literatura si limba Spaniola-engleza, franceza(1979) EXPERIENTA PROFESIONALA Profesor de limba engleza, scoala generala, Braila 1980 Traducator de spaniola, Institutul de Constructii Pentru Agricultura si Industria Alimentara, Bucuresti 1983 – 1990; Cercetator-filolog,Institutul de Stiinte ale Educatiei, Bucuresti, 1990-1992; Profesor de spaniola,Ambasada Spaniei la Bucuresti , 1990-1992; Profesor, University Montessori School of Irvine, California, USA, 1992-1993 Profesor de limba spaniola, IES Language Foundation, California, USA, 1994-1996; PUBLICATII SI COLABORARI 1984 - Barcelona, Spania – traducere in limba catalana a trei poeme de George Bacovia in colaborare cu profesorul universitar Xavier Lamuela(QUADERNS CREMA) 1989 - Bucuresti, Romania – traducerea in limba romana a poetului catalan Salvador Espriu (ROMANIA LITERARA) 1989 - Bucuresti, Romania – conferinta SEFARAD’92 tinuta la Ambadsada Spaniei in Bucuresti 1990 Sibiu, Romania – critica literara "Dimensiuni baroce in opera lui Stefan Augustin Doinas" (revista TRANSILVANIA ) 1991 - Bucuresti, Romania – critica "Medea la Seneca si Euripide"(CAIETE CRITICE) 1991 - Bucuresti, Romania – articole(REVISTA DE PEDAGOGIE) 1992 – Bucuresti, Romania – articole (REVISTA DE FILOSOFIE) 1994 - USA - colaborare cu Dr. Ch. L. Glenn (Educational Freedom in Eastern Europe) Proză și poezii publicate în Statele Unite ale Americii. HOBBIES fotografie digitala, webdesign,desen, pictura, păpuși de cârpă(creație) www.emalecdesign.com/ http://globalvillagepoetry.blogspot.com/ www.emalecdesign.com/FineArtbyElenaMalec.htm Born on July 31, 1954 in Bucharest, Romania. EDUCATION Graduated from the University of Bucharest, Department of Modern Languages – 1979 Diploma in Philology (equivalent to M.A) Specialization: Spanish, English and French Languages and Literatures. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Teacher of English Language, primary and secondary education – Elementary school –1980; Spanish Translator at the INSTITUTE OF STUDIES AND DESIGN FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE CONSTRUCTIONS Bucharest 1983 – 1990; Philologist- researcher at The Department of Educational Theory, INSTITUTE OF EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES, Bucharest, 1990-1992; Spanish Teacher at the EMBASSY of SPAIN in Bucharest , 1990-1992; Teacher at University Montessori School of Irvine, California, USA, 1992-1993 Spanish teacher at IES Language Foundation, California, USA, 1994-1996; PUBLICATIONS AND COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH 1984 - Barcelona, Spain – translation (QUADERNS CREMA) 1989 - Bucharest, Romania – translation (ROMANIA LITERARA) 1989 - Bucharest, ROMANIA – conference celebrating SEPHARAD’92 held at the Embassy of Spain in Bucharest 1990 Sibiu, Romania – literary criticism (TRANSILVANIA) 1991 - Bucharest, Romania – literary criticism (CAIETE CRITICE) 1991 - Bucharest, Romania – articles (REVISTA DE PEDAGOGIE) 1992 – Bucharest, Romania – articles (REVISTA DE FILOSOFIE) 1994 - USA collaboration with Dr. Ch. L. Glenn (Educational Freedom in Eastern Europe)

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