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.
Viet Pham, the translator currently lives in Canada.
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.
By Lê Vĩnh Tài, translation by Viet Pham & Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm
but it doesn’t hurt the wood as it should
until the chips come flying
splitting head and poetry is crying
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April 2022
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nhưng mà củi không đau
đến khi củi bật lại
thì thơ chảy máu đầu
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