Short Nam Poems

monkey
playful friend
from Viet Nam
sent by loving soldier
60's...

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We are going to give ourselves
We will not come back
Never completely...

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percussion dreams
echo on fourth of july
‘Nam turns red tonight




for Deb's contest...

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Lotus sutra bliss
Void between two lotuses 
Shines within our heart 

14-April-2021...

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Teri Yaaden Mirch Ki Tarah Teekhi Hain
Jab Bhi Aati Aankhen Nam Kar Jaati Hain

Roz Main Tumko Cheeni Kha Ke Sochta Hun....

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There once was a man named Tom.
He carried on a plane a bomb.
Then taken away,
Was fed only hay,
And sent all the way to 'Nam....

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viet nam is happening
his leg is gone
i am sorry i say
and thank you
for your sacrifice
it is not enough
but it is all i have...

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J-ust
O-bliterate
N-atural
H-aze
A-nd

N-egate
A-nother
M-ist

Topic: Birthday of Jonha Nam (October 16)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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I
Bow
to you
Nam(ah)-aste
Welcome to my      humble home
The God in me salu-            tes the God in you
Peace in the univ-                    erse We are One
...

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VietNam War – TET

war
60’s
Viet Nam
youth quickly lost
Greyscale TV’s final shock and awe

Written April 28, 2019
Contest: Tetractys This Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Charles Messina...

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i wrote ur nam in the sky ..........
   but the wind blew it away
i wrote ur nam in the sand...............
   but the waves washed it away
i wrote ur nam in my heart............
   and forever it will stay...

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rainbow idea
we need prisms in prison
uplifting inmates

plaid idea
We need design on shirts
even on Fox News women

paisley idea
We need to bring back the joy of the sixties
But leave the Viet Nam War behind...

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red hot lava lamp
shaggedy raggedy rug
peace sign plump flower

bell bottom hip huggers
fake fur vests and free love
open hearts, open ideas

nineteen seventy
volkswagon buses and Viet Nam
such a contradiction...

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Peace dove
Bay of Pigs
Childhood nightmare
President Kennedy
Peace dove

Peace dove
Viet Nam
Terror of Youth
Made 1960’s sad
Peace dove

Peace dove
The Gulf War
My daughter’s turn
In charge of deployment
Peace Dove...

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OCEAN
The moon rises from the wonder of ocean
The sun burns all of chaos of commotion
We should not just wait for the next promotion
Let's stand up and speak for the revolution
Tr?n Minh Hi?n Hien Tran Orlando ngày 7 tháng 6 nam 2016...

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He loved a lady,twice his age
In his heart a passion raged
He added her nam to his-
A young talent sadly cut short
Dying in WW1,as he so bravely fought

Tribute to Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (1891-1915) & his platonic love affair with Sophie Brzeska...

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A pretty girl
Posting a letter
In November

Sending it to young soldier
The wind sent her skirts swirling
Expectations were in the air

No one would ever know
How much this act of kindness would mean
To a soldier in Viet Nam on his last day...

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Ek waqt tha jab main waqt ki parwah na karti thi, 
Aaj ussi waqt ke liye aankhein nam ho gyi, 
Kash is waqt me us waqt wali khushi mil jati, 
Par har waqt khushi hi mile ye waqt ko kaha Kubool,
Ek waqt tha jab main waqt ki parwah na karti thi........

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Tere nam se mohbbat ki h,
Tere ahsas se mohbbat ki h,
Tum mere pas nhi fir bi tumhari yaad se mohbbat ki h,
Kbi tumne bi mujhe yaad kiya hoga.. Maine un lamhat se mohbbat ki h,
Tumse milna to ek khawab sa lgta h.. we Meine tumhare intzar se mohbbat ki h .......

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Garyae gam hai abas deeda-e-nam se pahle
Be haqeeqat hai musarrat jo ho gam se pahle
Aashna ho gaye is se bhi yehi kya kam hai
Sunte the naam-e-sitam tere karam se pahle
Hum ko ilzaam to dete ho mohabbat ka magar
Tumne mahsus kiya tha ise ham se pahle
(Akhtar Muslimi)...

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His Rain Songs

(inspired by Stephen Kilmer's poem, Rain Songs)

Was glad you came back, my
childhood friend from Nam.

Look at the friends of the dead;
they cry when it rains.

My friend flinches, cries, or shouts.
Forever nightmares.

The dead are resting now....

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VOLCANIC KISS
Time can bring us the most mystery of edge of abyss
Don't you feel the life after all of horror of this
Everything is nothing except for the dream of bliss
Don't you have anything for the next volcanic kiss
Tr?n Minh Hi?n Hien Tran Orlando ngày 26 tháng 4 nam 2016...

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Trump Trying To Skate 

Trump with bone spurs  tried to skate,
Or from Viet Nam service forever wait;
Draft dodger;
Now old cadger;
Position of president for him did create.

Jim Horn

Amazing how America can make
jobs for various people regardless 
of education and experience....

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Budweiser T-shirt
And hair to my jaws,
Viet Nam waning
While Watergate roared:

Was a summer in Milford,
On Long Island Sound,
In a cottage with family—
We swam and we crabbed,
Suffered sunburn a lot,

And bikini-clad girls
Went stealing my eyes
To teach me of beauty
And life’s ultimate prize....

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1972, Cam Thanh 
her envelope is perfumed and fancy 
an exquisite calligraphy with a flair
exuberant scrolled letters showing her personality
tiny hearts and stars at return address
Young G.I. leans back and smiles, 
remembering his carefree life
before he ended up in this coconut forest
in Viet Nam...

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