Like a caterpillar, Poetry measures every living moment [447:2]

A poem in Vietnamese by Lê Vĩnh Tài
Translator: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm
Photography: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

– Poetry understands that death is also a noun
to name the state of an affair

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The way a child needs his father
Poetry also needs someone to carry and gather
It. Into this world

Death is another name for poetry
Some think poetry will not die

Like a caterpillar
Poetry measures every living moment

Like a flower
Poetry numbers each blooming petal

Poetry stopped breathing
But they are still afraid of ghosts
They refuse to let go
Let poetry die?


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Lê Vĩnh Tài, the poet and translator born in 1966 in Buon Ma Thuot, Daklak, Vietnam. The retired doctor is still a resident of the Western Highlands and a businessman in Buon Ma Thuot.

By Lê Vĩnh Tài

Lê Vĩnh Tài, the poet and translator born in 1966 in Buon Ma Thuot, Daklak, Vietnam. The retired doctor is still a resident of the Western Highlands and a businessman in Buon Ma Thuot.

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