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Large-hearted, hip, and hooky poems as sculpted as they are sensory.
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CONTENTS
NEVER SEEN
RAGE SONNET
I¿M STUCK
AGENT ORANGE POEM
BEING
RAIN POEM
DIRT-UNDER-NAILS DIRT
IODINE
SOUL POEM
UNUSED BABY
SO OBVIOUS
DREAM SONNET
CHINABERRY
SPRING EQUINOX 2010
TOO-FAST SPRING BIRDS
FOR LISA¿S CAMILE IN MEMORIAM, APRIL 18, 2010
LADY XOC
THE SING DRAGS
VALENTINE¿S DAY SONNET
RIDICULOUS COUPLETS
MEADS AND BREAD
INTIMATE
ABSENCE AND A CUSHION
HEXAGRAM #1 POEM
AFTER SAPPHO
FEATHER
TREE POEM
THE VIETNAMESE SAY IF YOU HAVE A BEAUTY SPOT ON THE BOTTOM OF YOUR FOOT IT
MEANS YOU ARE A ¿PIONEER¿
THE PROBLEM
US
TOILET
STIMULUS DRIVE BULGE
YOU CAN SAMPLE
ANOTHER DROUGHT ALMOST-SONNET
PRAIRIE NOTES
¿WORDS YOU SHOULD KNOW¿
BREAD
ANOTHER CHINABERRY
HILL COUNTRY POEM
LETTING IT IN
SCRAPING IT
LOVE AND LEVEL
THE HEART
SEEKING
MEDUSA POEM
KNEES SONNET
OIL DISASTER POEM
THE SPLEEN RULES TRANSFORMATION
CAN¿T HELP IT
EXERCISE #3 from COLLOQUIAL VIETNAMESE
HYENA FACE
WEEPING BALL
WHAT IS
INDEPENDENCE DAY 2010
THE SOUL THEY SAY
CASSANDRA POEM
SWELL
About the author
Hoa Nguyen is the author of several books of poetry, including
As Long As Trees Last,
Red Juice, and
Violet Energy Ingots, which received a 2017 Griffin Prize nomination. As a public proponent and advocate of contemporary poetry, she has served as guest editor for
The Best Canadian Poetry in English 2018 and judge for the 2020 Griffin Prize for Poetry, and she has performed and lectured at numerous institutions, including Princeton University, Bard College, Poet’s House, and the Banff Centre’s Writers Studio. Recipient of a 2019 Pushcart Prize and a 2020 Neustadt International Prize for Literature nomination, she has received grants and fellowships from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the MacDowell Colony, and the Millay Colony for the Arts. Her writing has garnered attention from such outlets as The PBS News Hour,
Granta,
The Walrus,
New York Times, and
Poetry, among others. Born in the Mekong Delta and raised and educated in the United States, Nguyen has lived in Canada since 2011.
Summary
Large-hearted, hip, and hooky poems as sculpted as they are sensory.
