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Lam Thi My Da

                 

Skipping Stones

Alone with the blue lake
I'm skipping stones, playing with waves
A blue stone cuts across the sky
White water rises shining into the air
The stone gives supple wings to the waves
Or perhaps the waves make the stone fly

Playing my childhood game
I meet my vanished youth again
As they chase each other under and over
The waves laugh, the stones leap in the lake
If only I could gather my loneliness
Into this stone and make my sorrow joy



                    (translated by Martha Collins and Thuy Dinh)

Copyright © 1997 Lam Thi My Da

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