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ABOUT THE THREE BLOOMS OF NARCISSUS ba nu. thuy? tie^n...
In her private world -- the world of a self-taught artist, the three blooms of narcissus reminded her of three Vietnamese school girls before 1975, sweet and innocent. All in pastel colors, like that touch of nostalgia...Trong thế giới riêng tư của cô — thế giới tự học, có ba đóa tiểu thủy tiên (narcissus). Đây là loài hoa tôi rất ưa thích vì cái mộc mạc dịu dàng và nhỏ bé của nó. Ba bông thủy tiên này...Những bông hoa thanh tao bé nhỏ này làm cô nhớ đến hình ảnh ba nữ sinh Việt Nam quấn quýt bên nhau trước 1975. Màu trắng tinh khiết ẩn chút xanh xanh mơ màng hắt lên từ lá, nhụy hoa màu vàng anh tươi mà nhã, xen giữa những cọng lá dài và xanh — có cọng vươn thẳng đầy nhựa sống, có cọng ẻo lả nghich ngợm. Tất cả là màu sắc mềm của phấn tiên...
Sunday, February 10, 2013
REQUIEM: THOMAS COLLINS, PUBLISHER & EDITOR, RAVENSYARD
R. Thomas Collins, Jr. (1947 - 2006)
R. Thomas Collins, Jr. (Thomas Collins or “Tom”), 58, a writer, editor, publisher, and international public affairs executive, died of leukemia on May 24, 2006 at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. Thomas Collins was a current resident of Vienna, Virginia.Thomas Collins was born at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, CT on December 26, 1947 as the second of three children, and first son of Robert T. Collins and Mary Close (Savage) Collins. As a child growing up, “Tom” and family called home West Hartford, CT, and Oakwood, OH. Thomas went to grade school at Renbrook School in West Hartford, and attended Oakwood Junior & Senior High School in Oakwood, OH. As a young man, Tom was active in service through the Boy Scouts, and he achieved Eagle Scout in Dayton, OH in 1962. Tom was a 1966 graduate of Western Reserve Academy in Hudson, OH, where among other activities he served as co-captain of his varsity football team. Tom went on to earn a B.A. in Government from Boston University, where he was graduated in 1970. From there he pursued a career as a reporter before attending and graduating from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism where he earned his M.S.J. in 1974.
Thomas Collins married Sun Oak Kim on April 24, 1971 at St. George’s Catholic Church on the Green in Guilford, CT. Tom and Sun Oak had two children, a daughter, Lee Kathleen, and a son, Micah Thomas, both born in New York City while Tom was attending Columbia and forging the early years of his long career in journalism and public affairs.
Saturday, January 26, 2013
REQUIEM FOR A VIETNAMESE DISSIDENT POET -- NÉN HƯƠNG CHO NGUYỄN CHÍ THIỆN
Trong số thơ của Ông, tôi có đọc được một ít bài nói lên xúc cảm đam mê của một cá nhân. Điều này cho thấy trong bản chất Ông là một nhà thơ. Nhưng trong số kiếp, Ông là nhân chứng. Ông làm người tù. Ông không vợ, không con. Là nghệ sĩ sáng tác, tôi xin nhỏ giòng nước mắt vô cùng thương cảm.
Dương Như Nguyện 2012
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