Best Nguyen Poems

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Oh please, not to fade so fast into the afternoon
The one that is scattering in a goldenly swooning loneliness
The one that is shattering at a purply time of faintness
And the one whose wind is playing with so many violins

Because the wind will flow away a...

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Like Frankenstein, I, too, am loathed to death;
     I walk this earth devoid of friend and hearth,
     devoid of joy from the time of my birth
and from the first draw of my infant's breath.

An outcast and a...

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I’ve sorted spuds at Cora Lynn, picked asparagus at Vervale, 
Cherries in the Dandenong’s, beans on the Thompson close to Sale,
I’ve picked apples out at Labertouche and made a tidy quid,
But I’ve never picked an orange, and it’s time I bloody did.

I spoke to Billy...

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Be a servant of God, lowly and modesty.
Open our hearts for others with love and service, sincerely. 
Lord Christ Jesus is the shinning beacon of our journey.
Darkness is no longer in the face of Jesus’ love and mercy.

We seek to serve You, Oh Lord, and...

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In a course changing wind
we were swept on a breeze
to the little blue house
neath the white almond trees.
Deciding to settle
the first time we looked,
a country lifestyle
had us totally hooked.

We gave up our dreams
through the decade we spent
accepting a lifetime
of still paying rent.
A rare opportunity 
gave...

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In reprimand of Donald Janus Tramp
     (the Grand Old Party's best and choicest loser,
who sleazed and promised us he'll “drain the swamp”),
     you live up to your name for there's none cruder

than you. And you behave like...

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Melancholy is hell;
it drains the life and soul.
But I survive to tell
you that I'm in control

of this dreadful disease—
with med's I got it beat!
So can you (if you please):
it's an achievable feat.



--Ngoc M. Nguyen, 29 December 2014...

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RECON

We push noisily through the brush
and then hear the challenging voices;
two grenades should pave our way
to make a charge while firing rifles.

Dusk preludes and we see the strobe
flashing of far too many muzzles;
Nguyen takes his hard slapping hit
I trip and fall weapon beneath me.

With no...

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   Nguyen was quite a linguist
     She spoke
       Chinese
       Japanese
       Taiwanese
       Vietnamese &
  ...

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I got the power to be positive, and help make a change,
I shoot for the stars, even though their way out of my range,
I try to learn from my mistakes, and be a better person,
I limit my negativity, and try to turn off my cursing,
I'm...

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*Dedicated to our dear friend Kathie Mendez

It has come to the end of the journey,
And the sun has set, my dear Kathie,
We love you and our hearts sink low,
We miss you and we pray for the soul,
Free like wandering wind in the meadow,
Like rolling cloud...

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Everlasting!

Sitting by the riverside of the Hudson,
Gazing at the tender water, journeying to ocean.
Longing for its destination,
Like the stream of God's mercy and compassion,
Into souls and hearts of human
Pouring, pouring
Never stop - never end,
Everlasting!

Standing on the seashore by the Atlantic,
Watching the waves racing to the...

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If one day you don't kiss me anymore,
All the leaves and flowers are arid and die,
And the ocean has no waves dancing to the shore
There’s no rolling cloud in the blue sky

If one day you don't hug me anymore
This world will be washed away in...

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You are a sad person, you know? 
Where's that unbending strength at? 
Where's that unbreakable smile? 
I'm the only one who understands how you feel. 
Your smile was always shining. 
But you lost yourself. 
You made this sadness grow. 
You tighten up your heart tight....

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In Your Love

In your love, O Lord, I submit my wholeness.
Into your loving arms, calm and peace I rest.
Though earthly life is a dark abyss,
In your love, my soul is brightened with your fullness.

In your love, O Lord, I find my direction.
The cross I carry,...

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