The Secret of Hoa Sen
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Beschreibung:
Poems by Nguyen Phan Que Mai
Translated from the Vietnamese by Bruce Weigl and Nguyen Phan Que Mai
Nguyen Phan Que Mai is among the most exciting writers to emerge from post-war Vietnam. Bruce Weigl, driven by his personal experiences as a soldier during the war in Vietnam, has spent the past 20 years translating contemporary Vietnamese poetry. These penetrating poems, published in bilingual English and Vietnamese, build new bridges between two cultures bound together by war and destruction. The Secret of Hoa Sen, Que Mai's first full-length U.S. publication, shines with craft, art, and deeply felt humanity.
I cross the Lam River to return to my homeland
where my mother embraces my grandmother's tomb in the rain,
the soil of Nghe An so dry the rice plants cling to rocks.
My mother chews dry corn; hungry, she tries to forget.
Introduction by Bruce Weigl
1. My Mother’s Rice
2. Eating Pho with My Grandpa
3. The Poem I Can’t Yet Name
4. The Gardener in the Royal Citadel
5. Stars in the Shape of Carrying Poles
6. The Boat Girl
7. Spring Garden
8. Pearls of My Aunt
9. The Garment Workers of Bangladesh
10. The Secret of Hoa Sen
11. Two Truths
12. Earth Home
13. Ceramic Rhythm
14. The White Time
15. With a Vietnam Veteran
16. Separated Worlds
17. April
18. Thousand Years
19. The White Sky
20. The Desire of Clouds
21. Mekong Delta
22. Hà Noi
23. Your River
24. My Father
25. My Mother
26. Speaking With My Children
27. The Sea
28. My Father’s Home Village
29. Being Vietnamese
30. Touching the Hair of Sunrise
31. Journey of the Human Train
32. Quang Tri
33. Van Anh
34. The Singing Sea
35. The Green Sphere
36. Steps of Time
37. Your Words
38. Night’s Whispers
39. Your Forest
40. Babylift
41. Grass
42. Vietnam Veterans Memorial
43. Through a Narrow Lane
44. Song of Garbage
45. Himalaya
46. Fish Sauce and Flowers
47. Blues for My Grandma
48. Crying for Mindanao
49. Fears
50. From the Deep Earth
51. The Music of Fire
52. Freeing Myself