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A Nun in Ninh Hoa |
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INclan Senior Member
since 1999-07-20
Posts 1024Indiana, USA |
I found this while on vacation last week. Since I didn’t write it, a full citation will appear at the end of the poem. What strikes me as so dark is the fact that this event was witnessed.... Yes, I bought the book today at lunch. Who knows what else I will find there. Comments on the poem? A NUN IN NINH HOA It was quite a sight for a boy from Tennessee a buddhist nun dressed in fire sitting proudly amid a solemn, silent crowd, flames and a smoke plume her terrible costume. Riding shotgun on a fuel truck convoy, "just along for the ride," Jimmy Sharpe saw a sight this morning beyond any experience he can describe. She sat smiling as though mocking the flames. Her hands, held together in prayer, slowly parted. Suddenly, she drooped, sat up, then wilted in the fire. Safe back at the base, Jimmy’s chatter circled the nightmare he still could taste. He grinned--shivered--then softly swore: "Jeeesus! How’d we get in this crazy place?" Jan Barry From Both Sides Now: The Poetry of the VietNam War and its Aftermath edit. Phillip Mahony, Shribner Poetry 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY; (1998) page 28. ISBN 0-684-84947-X [This message has been edited by INclan (edited 08-23-99).] [This message has been edited by INclan (edited 08-23-99).] |
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INclan Senior Member
since 1999-07-20
Posts 1024Indiana, USA |
FINE! don't give me your comments....I was wondering if you thought as much of this poem as I did. :PPPPPPPPPPPPPPP |
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