A Thousand Years of Vietnamese PoetryNgọc Bích Nguyễn When she befriends Christina, the new girl in school, Annie does not suspect that there is more to her than meets the eye and that Christina will have a huge impact on Annie's family and her oldest friends. |
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Ngọc Bích Nguyễn. AN UNMARRIED WOMAN'S PLIGHT Being married is like being clapped in stocks . But an unmarried girl ... marriage season ? Now all the available men are gone , you pitch yourself up and moan to the sky , " O Heaven , O ...
Ngọc Bích Nguyễn. AN UNMARRIED WOMAN'S PLIGHT Being married is like being clapped in stocks . But an unmarried girl ... marriage season ? Now all the available men are gone , you pitch yourself up and moan to the sky , " O Heaven , O ...
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... married me off to a child ( God knows there was no lack of young men ) , and now his mauling is all the love I get . On cold winter nights he curls up to my bosom . Ah , to be labeled a married woman , and to wait , night after night ...
... married me off to a child ( God knows there was no lack of young men ) , and now his mauling is all the love I get . On cold winter nights he curls up to my bosom . Ah , to be labeled a married woman , and to wait , night after night ...
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... married , and I am sad , so sad ! ( She ) A bunch of betel leaves costs only three coppers : Why didn't you ask for my hand when I was young ? Now I'm married , bird in a cage , fish on a hook . How can a hooked fish escape ? How can a ...
... married , and I am sad , so sad ! ( She ) A bunch of betel leaves costs only three coppers : Why didn't you ask for my hand when I was young ? Now I'm married , bird in a cage , fish on a hook . How can a hooked fish escape ? How can a ...
Contents
REMEMBERING PRIEST QUANG TRI | 8 |
ON THE WAY HOME FROM THE CAPITAL AFTER | 14 |
EMOTIONS ON A SPRING DAY Tran Quang Khai | 17 |
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