A Poem by Lâm Thị Mỹ Dạ
Như lúa hỏi đất Anh có tốt không ? Như cây hỏi gió Anh có tốt không ? Như mấy hỏi trời Anh có tốt không ? Trời anh mênh mông Mây em bay lượn
Deccelerated Learning: Bhagavad-Gita Reading Circle
When doubts haunt me, when disappointments stare me in the face, and I see not one ray of hope on the horizon, I turn to Bhagavad-Gita and find a verse to comfort me; and I…
The Cry of Vietnam
Published in 1968, The Cry of Vietnam is a short collection of heart-breaking poems and stirring drawings by Thich Nhat Hanh and Vo-Dinh. The book’s epigraph is taken from the classic Vietnamese work, The Tale…
On Ferlinghetti’s Americus, I
For Dianne Lee and Lynette D’Amico When I first read Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s Americus,I just before The Book of Mev was published, I was energized by discovering how much it is a mish mash, full of…
Writing Aspirations for the Next Few (Many?) Months (Years?)
To encourage Ann in her possibly imminent publishing pursuits To begin in earnest sequel to Dear Layla—I just bought three black Moleskines, first objective, fill them with daydreams of what’s going on with Carla Nguyen…
Interbeing
“Listen, listen This wonderful sound Brings me back to my true self.” You say you wish you could hear my bell You are 5633 miles away from me I am 5633 miles away from…
Les jours s’en vont je demeure
Tonight I’m taking refuge In this translated sentence From the Moore language: “Nostalgia of you has got me.”
For U.S. Agent Orange Birth Defect Children
I ask that you urge VA Secretary Eric Shinseki to obey Public Law 110-387 and provide “comprehensive health care” to the several hundred children of Vietnam vets having birth defects connected to their parents exposure…
The Miracle of a Sheet of Paper
This morning at our sangha gathering at Sophia House, we listened to part of a dharma talk that Thầy gave at Green Gulch Zen Center in spring 1987. The following is the gist of what…
Call Me by My True Names
A dear friend tells me That the Raleigh, NC Jesuit Volunteer home Has been named the Mev Puleo House