NIGHT & THE CONTINUING FALLING VERSES OF…(8)
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An epic poem in Vietnamese by Lê Vĩnh Tài
Translator: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm
Art: Đinh Trường Chinh
[5th revision; 2019-2022]
days like these, poetry is a scar at the heart of the people
NIGHT & THE CONTINUING FALLING VERSES OF… (8)
[5th revision; 2019-2022]
days of pandemic
poetry is a scar
at the heart of humanity
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days like these
poetry is a scar
at the heart of the people
1
A poem is burning…
a dire catastrophe
a single desire
a cry
a pouty
smile
a heartbeat
a reminder
a tear
shall fall
cease
the evil
hands
orchestra
releasing
garbage
in praise
cowardly
the murders
indiscriminate
graves
homes
invaded
run, run
till the poem ceases
all of us by
a singular hope
neck dangling
on a rope
2
Again
there’s a lump in poetry’s throat
the drug
an addiction to bitterness
unsettling
to settling in
the development of…
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