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If you – like me – are tired of seeing
The wounded and dead in Bosnia –
Just be extremely thankful
We don’t also get exposed to things
Like tortures, rapes and ethnic cleansing
On television –
And especially in life –
That are also done in Bosnia
08.24.95 – 09.25.95
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Copyright by Minh Tan on listed dated of completion
and published in Perspectives, ISBN 0-9686250-0-2.
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Notes to this poem…
In battles or wars one is engaged in –
One should plan to win –
But also be prepared to lose
Because the outcome is not always
Necessarily one’s to choose
07.08.95 – 07.09.95
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Copyright by Minh Tan on listed dated of completion
and published in Perspectives, ISBN 0-9686250-0-2.
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Notes to this poem…
The sounds I cherished most living here
In Canada – over the years –
Include those of joys, laughter and cheer –
And silence – from lack of cries of fear –
And of artillery fire I do not hear
10.27.94 – 12.24.94
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Copyright by Minh Tan on listed dated of completion
and published in Perspectives, ISBN 0-9686250-0-2.
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Notes to this poem…
Minh Tan's Old Poetry 