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Robot

Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

A poem in Vietnamese by Nguyễn Thái Bình
Translator: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

ROBOT

I have two eyes but they don’t know how to cry
I have two hands but they don’t know how to hold
I have two legs but they don’t know how to stand
I have a head without a brain-Empty
I’m a robot of the twentieth century
I could discern the squeakiness in all parts of my body
I don’t know how to start because the software have not been installed
The screws couldn’t be refreshed.
The character E was the first bit of information I was fed
It was he, she, see or me
My first word was not mummy
It was a path only I could see.
I knew from that point then I was real
A professional vagrant
Begging for my past
I’m run always on the first OS version
Until there’s an…

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There’s power but now there’s no water

Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

A poem in Vietnamese by Nguyễn Thái Bình

Translator: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm


There’s power but now there’s no water
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ON THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER AT HIGH NOON THE POWER WAS CUT
The tiny town bubbling away on a stove
The power cut!
Appliances dripping water like the yellow pee of a gecko..

Happiness is reachable beyond the next century
Possibly or probably not at all?
Dreams folded in a cloudless sky, to Buddha
Prayers and offerings, waiting forever for the first rain

There’s still a small round plastic container of water
Just enough to wet your feet
Splash
Laugh and scream
Dream as much as you want son
Imagination of childhood is the only invaluable asset
Void of battering
So what if
The power is cut
The water is cut
And the prayers fall in profound silence.

June 2022

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Parashat Ki Tetzei, and Humanity vs. Law

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

Parashat Ki Tetzei (l'milchama...) /When you go out to war... (war against whom, or against what?  Against inhumanity, perhaps?)

    This week we read about the requirement, from which the RAMBAM draws his famous order, not to return a fugitive slave.  Ironic, for a country claiming to be founded in principles based on the Bible, to pass a law ordering the contrary, no?  This parashah, as well as the inhumane law which it prohibits, figures prominently in Black Historyfugitive-slave_kidnap_post_1851_boston  which, of course,  is also American history.

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Last week was Parashat Shoftim, and the Rule of Law

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Mulher Forte

Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

Uma mulher só se torna grande e forte, por conta de suas imperfeições. Ela não nasce fraca, nem por natureza, incorpora a tão sonhada fortaleza sem que passe por um processo longo de sofrimento. A ” mulher guerreira” que tanto se ” romantiza” na sociedade , ela surge do choque de realidade entre os seus muitos ruídos, e aquilo que precisa da postura reta, digo o que vai ” além do script “. Essa mulher é alguém que, antes de mais nada, aprendeu a muito custo, a ser uma pessoa forte.

Marii Freire. Via Facebook

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Santarém, Pá 10 de setembro de 2022

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Saturday Surprise — A Few Cute Critters To Bring A Smile

Filosofa's Word

Good Saturday morning, dear friends! Well … well, well, well. It’s been a rough week … a sad week for people on all sides of the big pond. I was planning to skip Saturday Surprise this week and write about … well, never mind. But I thought … maybe we all need to just take a deep breath, find a reason to smile, and zone out for a wee bit. And so … I went in search of some cute, smile-inducing pictures of furry babes. I bet you can’t get through this entire post without smiling at least a little bit.

I hope you have a wonderful, restive & peaceful …

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nature’s toil — Develop. Inspire. Transform.

north, by northwestof my soul I find nature’s toil where flowers bloom in my veinsand tears soakthe soilwith your name etchedin the blood of our love a remembrance, of twoand a shadow from up above Photo by matressa_, Pixabay Submissions are now open for the Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow: 30 Poems in 30 […]

nature’s toil — Develop. Inspire. Transform.

♫ Smooth Operator ♫ — Filosofa’s Word

I posted this one in 2019, which is when I learned that Sade is not a person, but is actually a band.  A British band, at that!  Who knew?  I honestly thought it was the female singer of this song!  Well … it is the singer of the song as well as the band.  Too […]

♫ Smooth Operator ♫ — Filosofa’s Word

Parashat Ki Tetzei, and Humanity vs. Law — Inspiring Critical Thinking and Community via Books, Lessons, and Story

Parashat Ki Tetzei (l’milchama…) /When you go out to war… (war against whom, or against what? Against inhumanity, perhaps?)     This week we read about the requirement, from which the RAMBAM draws his famous order, not to return a fugitive slave.  Ironic, for a country claiming to be founded in principles based on the […]

Parashat Ki Tetzei, and Humanity vs. Law — Inspiring Critical Thinking and Community via Books, Lessons, and Story