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Essence
A week of rain,
and through the crystal offshoots of its mansion,
Rima glides.
Hauntingly green, her spirit hymns
Through every species of the pollen forest.
Ferns blink shyly in the wind--
and her eyes evolve;
naive, imagining away
the drawl of engine of blade,
and the rattling sway of homeless cans.
Light sculls the moment.
Its pulsating shine descends from her song and we listen.
Fallen pine needles dream
like dead starfish
in musky odors of the sea
while leaves drip. Their breath distilling
clear elation--perhaps the awe,
the magic we once spun
as children finger-painting
with raindrops in the backyard.
Wendy Howe
Nga`y To^i Lo+'n
Nga`y to^i lo+'n que^ hu+o+ng mo+` kho'i lu+?a
Tro+`i Sa`i Go`n dda.i ba'c vo.ng tu+`ng dde^m
Nhu+~ng pho^' phu+o+`ng quen gia^'c ngu? gio+'i nghie^m
Ho?a cha^u sa'ng cho'i tro+`i xa su'ng no^?
Nhu+~ng buo^?i mai to^i tha^'y ngu+o+`i qua pho^'
Ma('t dda^~m buo^`n a'o tra('ng tra('ng kha(n tang
Tie^~n ngu+o+`i ddi ddo+`i lo+~ chuye^'n ddo` ngang
Xua^n vu+`a tha('m bo^?ng tro+? tha`nh go'a phu.
Que^ hu+o+ng to^i bao ca?nh ddo+`i lam lu?
No^?i nghe`o na`n chen so^'ng vo+'i xa hoa
Nhu+~ng ca'nh tay vu+~ng ma.nh giu+~ mie^`n xa
Ma^`m ddo^? vo+~ dde^'n tu+` lo`ng tha`nh pho^' !
Nga`y to^i lo+'n mu`a Xua^n kho^ng pha'o no^?
Ne^n Xua^n ve^` cu~ng de` da(.t nie^`m vui
Nhu+~ng mo^i ngu+o+`i Xua^n nha.t dda('ng nu. cu+o+`i
Tu+` tra^.n ddi.a tro+? ve^` ddo+`i nghie^ng nga~.
To^i dda~ tha^'y sa^n chu`a ca^y tru.i la'
Nhu+~ng ngu+o+`i ddi ha'i lo^.c buo^?i dda^`u Xua^n
Nhu+ng ddo+`i co' bao gio+` na?y lo^.c ddo+m bo^ng
Ca^u ddo^'i tha('m na`o kho^ng phai ma`u mu+.c.
Nga`y to^i lo+'n Me. qua(`n vai co+ cu+.c
Giu+~a bie^?n ddo+`i ddo+n ddo^.c cho^'ng phong ba
Mo^.t cuo^.c ddo+`i la`m me. la^~n la`m cha
Ddong nu+o+'c ma('t cho dda^`y ti`nh non Tha'i.
Nga`y to^i lo+'n Me. long ddong da^`u da~i
Chi. va`o ddo+`i chu+a tro.n tuo^?i hai mu+o+i
Khi u+o+'c mo+ chu+a dde^'n vo+'i nu. cu+o+`i
Dda`nh ga.t bo? dde^? thay Cha ddo+~ Me.
To^i dda~ lo+'n ba(`ng ma~nh ho^`n tho+ tre?
Qua be^'n ddo+`i mu+a nho? u+o+'t ta^m tu+
Ma('t ho^`n nhie^n gio' cuo^'n bu.i cay nhu+`
Tim nho? be' vo+~ lo`ng ca^u huye^'t nhu.c .
Hoa Tro+`i Vie^.t
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Poetry by month
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Co'
Nhu*~ng Lu'c
Tho+
Cu?a To^i
Va^~n Co`n
Dda^y
Me.
Thoa?ng Chu't Hu+o+ng Xu+a
DDe^'n
Chie^`u
Tra(ng Thie^'u Phu
Co+n Gio' La.
Nga`y To^i Lo+'n
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