A poem in Vietnamese by Sấu Mã
Translator: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm
Photography: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

Outbidding the entire autumn
Binding numerous seasons of poetic
Blooms of pomme de lait
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Night
Ajar
Sticky thick with the sweet smell of poetry
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September 2019
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MÙI THƠ
.
Bao thầu cả mùa thu
Buộc nốt mấy mùa thơ
Hoa sữa
.
Đêm
Hé cửa
Đùng đục một mùi thơ nẫu lòng.
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26/9/2019
Sấu Mã, the poet is a retired professor living in Vietnam.
Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm, the blogger, poet, and translator, was born in 1971 in Phu Nhuan, Saigon, Vietnam. The pharmacist currently lives and works in Western Sydney, Australia.
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