Poetry from The Literary Review

Doubt

KHE IEM

tears
sun rise
(sun-risen tears)

atmospheric song
wind corrupting
bitter memories

haggling with century about wretchedness
inverted voice, crying buds
tender O familiar heart out in plain
amid thatched roof rain and fire, moon kiss

past washed
to hear hair mist whispering beyond lip is river
flowing abandoned

sitting wild beast
hung dried ragged
nibbling on verdict issuing from source

Translated by Linh Dinh