By Lê Vĩnh Tài, translation by Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm
free verse
without freedom
forever
pretending
to have no rhythm
nothing
but words.
_____
thơ tự do
nhưng không có tự do
muôn đời nó
giả vờ
mất vần
còn
chữ.
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Lê Vĩnh Tài | no. 15:5 – free verse
Lê Vĩnh Tài, the Vietnamese poet and translator born 1966 in Buon Ma Thuot, Daklak, Vietnam. The retired doctor is still a resident of the Western Highlands, a businessman in Buon Ma Thuot.
Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm, the poet and translator, born 1971 in Phu Nhuan, Saigon, Vietnam. The pharmacist currently lives and works in Western Sydney, Australia.
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