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I’m sorry

Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

A poem in Vietnamese by Thái Hạo
Translator: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm
Art: Đinh Trường Chinh


Chiầu núi hồng

I’m sorry
I can’t turn off the light
to light a dim candle in the night
those who have died needlessly needs more light to guide them home

I shall turn on the light on the verandah, the footpath
in the bloodshot eyes of blooming flowers in the garden
the dragging shadows of the neon glow like swords severing the dark
I want to erect the sunlight
24 hours of sleeplessness

the uncountable soul dying in the dark
amidst the living in the shadows of the night
pointless is a single candle light

where
where are the brilliant stadium lights 
erect them in the five vital organs
light up the bloody flooding
gushing through pieces of silent flesh…

November 2021

xin lỗi
tôi không thể tắt đèn để đốt lên một…

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Kingston Creative’s ArtWalk wakes from the COVID-19 slumber and returns on September 25

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This coming weekend downtown Kingston will wake up again, for a fiesta of art and music. You should go down there. This is the first time since the long, deep COVID-19 slumber we were in for the last two years. Here’s the word from Kingston Creative.

Dancer Joel Immortal (left) and actor Desmond Dennis will perform during the ArtWalk.

This Sunday, Downtown Kingston will be full of music and art, as Kingston Creative relaunches the ArtWalk festival for the first time since the onset of COVID-19. Sponsored by the Tourism Enhancement Fund (a Division of the MInistry of Tourism), the American Friends of Jamaica (AFJ), Dream Entertainment and Main Event, the monthly mecca of Jamaican culture is back in Water Lane, amid a backdrop of new murals.

Royal Blu. (Photo: Kingston Creative)

Sunday’s lineup includes Royal Blu, a versatile singer, songwriter, and lyricist who’s been hailed as “one of Jamaica’s…

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I Wandered Lonely As A Leaf

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The wind flew me high up in the air
I could see clouds all white and fair.

I was a tiny leaf that took the fall
Autumn had made me brown and small.

I missed being on that great oak
I think I was on that branch that broke.

Then I fell into a gurgling brook
Got caught in a little nook.

There used to be spring in my leafy step
Summer’s ardour is now at a low ebb.

I am no longer a leaf that is green and spry
I miss gazing at the great turquoise sky.

Dear people, know that leaves are the many reasons
For all of these happening seasons.

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Take care of others — Silent Songs of Sonsnow

Someone may be very rich and powerful but without any trusted friends they will never be happy. Someone else may be poor but if they are surrounded by trusting friends they’ll be happy. Therefore, taking care of others is the best way to fulfill our own interests. His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama

Take care of others — Silent Songs of Sonsnow

Identifying Suspicious Businesses, Reddit Analysis and Tracking Russian Propaganda: Here are the Results of Bellingcat’s First Ever Hackathon — bellingcat

Bellingcat hosted its first ever hackathon earlier this month with the event focussing on developing network analysis tools. We were impressed with the quality of the projects and had a great time getting to know the developers, many of whom work at the intersection between open-source research and open-source software.  1,691 more words

Identifying Suspicious Businesses, Reddit Analysis and Tracking Russian Propaganda: Here are the Results of Bellingcat’s First Ever Hackathon — bellingcat