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Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm | a bleeding moon (154)

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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By Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

.
Where do I go
to escape a bleeding moon?
.
my head spinning, the ire
to sin, burn in a fire
.
to hell with the reasons and meaningful swoon
I am nothing but nerves and heat
cut me off neat
.
beat me into a smithering of dying light
I will not fight
.
stillness is my might.
.
_____
MAY 2021

By Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

There's magic in translating a body of work from one language to another.

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