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Lam Thi My Da

                 

Garden Fragrance


Last night a bomb exploded on the veranda
But sounds of birds sweeten the air this morning.
I hear the fragrant trees, look in the garden
For two silent clusters of ripe guavas.



                    (translated by Martha Collins and Thuy Dinh)

Copyright © 1997 Lam Thi My Da.

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Santa Fe Poetry Broadside.