A family with
Major past conflicts –
At uneasy peace today
03.10.15
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Notes to this poem…
Viet Nam Haiku V13
Aunt Thuy – former family
Beauty now divorced –
Cursed for pickiness
03.07.15 – 03.15.15
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Notes to this poem…
Viet Nam Haiku V14
Aunt Lieu – gives up control of
Home to visiting
Thuy who is older
03.07.15 – 03.26.15
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Notes to this poem…
Viet Nam Haiku V15
Aunt Phi – the current
Family beauty –
Fifty going on twenty
03.07.15 – 03.10.15
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Notes to this poem…
Viet Nam Haiku V16
Aunt Tuyen – bargains for
Everything the way she spreads
Words of the Buddha
03.07.15 – 03.15.15
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Notes to this poem…
Viet Nam Haiku V17
Aunt Nguyen – where half of
The Paternal family
Evil resides now
03.26.15
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Notes to this poem…
Viet Nam Haiku V18
Uncle Nam – wants me
Closer to him than the Aunts –
For his greedy needs
06.01.15
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Notes to this poem…
Viet Nam Haiku V19
Cousin Hang – Cinderella
By choice – has lost hope
Finding Prince Charming
03.07.15 – 03.10.15
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Notes to this poem…
Viet Nam Haiku V20
Cousin Long – called “Bo” for “cow” –
Cause sister Hang was
“Pig” for her year
03.07.15
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Notes to this poem…
Viet Nam Haiku V21
Cousin Xuan – now wed –
No longer has to
Sleep with Mom for fear of dark
03.07.15 – 03.20.15
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Notes to this poem…
Viet Nam Haiku V22
Xuan’s wife Nhi treats him
Better than slaves in
S&M relationships
03.07.15 – 03.26.15
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Notes to this poem…
Viet Nam Haiku V23
Cousin Tran – orphaned
By American
Immigration procedures
03.07.15
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