a poet just passed away | Hứa Hiếu

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A poem in Vietnamese by Hứa Hiếu
Translator: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

a poet just passed away
I lit a cigarette
gone was another poet
into poetry I snuffed it out
the words lit up
a flutter of rising white butterflies 
flowers.

một nhà thơ vừa mất
tôi đốt một điếu thuốc
một thi sĩ khác vừa khuất
tôi dụi tàn vào thơ
những con chữ bỗng phát hỏa
đàn bướm trắng bay lên
hoa.
.
October 2019


Hứa Hiếu, the poet from Vung Tau, Vietnam, currently lives in Lawrenceville, United States.

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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