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“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...

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