Letter of the Week
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A poem in Vietnamese by Mai ThảoTranslator: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm The plane flew over Lake MichiganEight thousand in the waterThe plane flew over Long Island EstuarySeven thousand on the groundAt the top of a skyscraperA coffin as cold as ice flewFour hundred people fast asleep Vietnam is up aloneLit up and all sparklyWay above…
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