Marine Costume – Poetry from Vietnam

I put my soul on the sunsets

Look into the deep, distant, call you

In the salty taste of the sea there are human blood dripping

There are sweat slave away human destiny!

Nguyen Dinh Tam

Nguyen Dinh Tam, born in Nghệ An province of Vietnam, is former Lecturer, Head of Department of Engine – Thermal Equipment, Vietnam Maritime University. He is member of Vietnam Writers’ Association and Haiphong Writers’ Association, and Chief Representative of Nanum Literature society of Korea in Vietnam. He has been honored with literary prizes including the first prize in the literary contest organized by the Vietnam Writers’ Association and the Ministry of Transport in 2014 – 2015, on the 70th anniversary of the transportation industry, with the epic “Being awake in the sea”; first prize in poetry contest on the occasion of “55 years of land and people”, in Ngo Quyen district, Hai Phong; “Ten years of eminent poetry” prize by Hai Phong Teachers Association (2007 – 2017); Nanum Literature award, Korea (Nanum literary award) in 2018; Poetry Award “Hai Phong – a rising Aspiration”. 2019. He is author of books: ‘Waves in autumn’- (1982), ‘Love of the sea’ (2005), ‘Stay awake with fall’ – (2012), ‘Beong awake in the sea’ – (2015), ‘The period in the sea’ – (2017) and ‘Nostalgia of Lan Chau’ – (2018).

Marine Costume  

The sea of thousands of life in a blue costume

Deep blue, to aspire extend endlessly

Top of wind bounce the waves

The sails have been shown

I put my soul on the sunsets

Look into the deep, distant, call you

In the salty taste of the sea there are human blood dripping

There are sweat slave away human destiny

Line of verse light not soul to have fun

Became the foam was washed up on the sand bank

I keep in immense

Boundless in love song

***

Recite, Sing a Song  

Santiago old man loved the sea like he loved a woman

I love both Hemingway and “The Old Man and the Sea”

I’m like a bird that is very real ambiguity

With absorbed that very blue open sea

I feel like a little sail

Longing towards the illusory horizon

On returning, hair was thunderstorm color

Recite sing a song to set a poem to music

***

Heartache  

Heartache opened my soul

A sweet sound you “yes”

They are a couple of fish stayed to change to Hon Ngu

You white stork

I am albatross

Flap the wings

Gather because of each other but separate for each other

***

The Pebble

Pebbles lying inert on the sand bank

Flowers sea spinach surrounded it

I just smiled

Pick up one, bring it press the paper

The letters lay still hear the waves effusive

***

Autumn Imprint  

Sinner step on the leaf’s sadness

Through the cruel autumn my childhood

One day honor autumn imprint, atone

Dead leaves, filled with my soul.

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