Thơ Mai Văn Phấn trên tạp chí Platform (Ấn Độ), số tháng 12 năm 2021

Poems of Mai Văn Phấn on Poetry Magazine Platform (India), December 2021

Crowded Beach

I dive down

And meet a school of white anchovies

Swimming leisurely

Each Time There Is a Wave

A common teal flies up

Then lands

On the same place

Lighting Up for Squid Fishing

The murky light

Drills into the ocean

A deep hole

Drinking Wine on the Seashore

The bigger the waves

The smaller the cup

I want to drink from

Passing by a Cemetery at Night

Like a calm sea

The waves sleep peacefully

Among graves

(Translated by Nhat-Lang Le. Edited by Susan Blanshard)