Please read the amazing poetry.
A poem in Vietnamese by Lê Vĩnh Tài
Translator: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm
Art: Đinh Trường Chinh
[5th revision; 2019-2022]
without the vernacular, the poem has to wave its arms around dancing
NIGHT & THE CONTINUING FALLING VERSES OF… (11)
prologue
when there are no more words
in the world will
poetry be poetry still?
poetry
leaving the wordlessness behind
in a dark
dark world…
1
without words
the poem has no desire for sleep
will it sacrifice
its melody?
its meaning?
since in death
sleep is dreamless
no one
dives
headfirst
into a final deconstruction
as the poem
jokes about
desire
you remembering that
we couldn’t possibly
construct anything half-asleep
indifferent
as though the poem has no
enemy
2
without words
it thought it was an angel
the poem
drowning
in a dark room
wrap in layers
and layers of women’s clothes
gosh the hills and valleys
the tiring…
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