NIGHT & THE CONTINUING FALLING VERSES OF…(11)

April 25, 2023

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

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…

Category : poetry