Poems composed on ferry rides between Halifax and Dartmouth, rides I was forced to take due to bridge reconstruction closure.
If most visual
Artists weren’t who they were –
Would their art still be –
Perceived in much of the same way –
As it is perceived today?
09.16.17
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Copyright by Minh Tan on listed dated of completion.
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Notes to this poem…
Gazelle, machine –
Horse, deer, wind –
Or some other thing –
What do I like my running
To be compared to?
There’s only one thing –
That my running
Truly compares to –
That is the wind –
I run like the wind
09.16.17
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Copyright by Minh Tan on listed dated of completion.
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Notes to this poem…
Don’t play Cat and Mouse –
Against someone who
Plays it much better than you
09.16.17
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Copyright by Minh Tan on listed dated of completion.
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Notes to this poem…
He played Für Elise
For 20 minutes on a
Public piano –
Summoning Beethoven’s ghost
To haunt Halifax-Dartmouth
09.16.17
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Copyright by Minh Tan on listed dated of completion.
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Notes to this poem…
It’s good to have enemies –
For stepping stones in
One’s rise to greatness
09.16.17
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Copyright by Minh Tan on listed dated of completion.
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Notes to this poem…
