Short Nguyen Poems
Short Nguyen Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Nguyen by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Nguyen by length and keyword.
"The gift of poetic genius ennobles the soul of the poet, and nourishes the hearts and minds of all those who read him (her)."
--Ngoc M. Nguyen
"Politics is for today. But a poem is forever."
--Ngoc M. Nguyen (after Albert Einstein's famous quote regarding his lack of politics)
© Ngoc M. Nguyen. All rights reserved. 02 August 2021
Nguyen was quite a linguist
She spoke
Chinese
Japanese
Taiwanese
Vietnamese &
Cantonese
But not Americanese ~
Couldn't bling helserf to say 'Prease'
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
Form:
By Phan Tan Hai
ink drained, the hand tilts, weary—
the page says its farewell;
fragrant with a century’s words,
the poet’s soul closes its eyes.
the lines lean, trembling,
the hand grows tired;
the verse exhales smoke,
chilling the page,
piercing deep into my soul;
a drop of ink rolls,
round and unending.
By Phan Tan Hai
Once he heard a secret calling,
skipped school and sat on a distant island.
He saw the solitary clouds of the mountain forest—
a thousand years passed as she walked by.
Following the sunlight through whispering pines,
he led her into mountains veiled in mist.
He howled his poems into rain and wind,
sending them toward a wild and distant future.