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“Water Color” and “Nocturne in Black” – Nguyen Dinh Nhac – a Love Story

“Water Color” and “Nocturne in Black” – Nguyen Dinh Nhac – a Love Story

by mylinhshattan | Jan 16, 2015 | On Life, On Literature

Here is a tale as old as time, a love story.  We associate a lot of things with Vietnam and there is much written about it, so I want to share a romance. The poet Nguyen Dinh Nhac is my uncle and I can count the times I’ve seen him in my life on two hands.  In...
“The Woodbine and the Scholar” – Nguyen Dinh Nhac – What is my purpose?

“The Woodbine and the Scholar” – Nguyen Dinh Nhac – What is my purpose?

by mylinhshattan | Jan 16, 2015 | On Life, On Literature, Stories

What am I and what is my purpose? In Nguyen’s poem, the scholar solves one of life’s mysteries and I wonder if it is that simple: it is easy enough to see, if only we would look closely, or step far enough away, or ask a scholar who may happen to visit. If...
“Poem Written Here” – Nguyen Dinh Nhac – an Expatriate’s Song

“Poem Written Here” – Nguyen Dinh Nhac – an Expatriate’s Song

by mylinhshattan | Jan 15, 2015 | On Life, On Literature

If prose is the soul in words, then poetry is the soul dancing. The dance, this dance, may not reach  us at the moment, busy as we are with work and family and life, though I suggest to you that that is one way poetry is better than music.  If you missed it because...

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