Reading in Portland, Oregon May 14th, 2011

Hoa Nguyen will read with Portland poet Jesse Morse on May 14 at the Switchyard Studios, 109 S.E. Salmon St. The free reading begins at 6:30 p.m. For more information, visit theswitchpdx.blogspot.com.--------------------------------------------------------------Agent Orange PoemAfter Emily DickinsonWhat justice foreigns for a sovereignWe doom in nation roomsRecommend & lend | resembling fragrantChinaberry springHere we have high flowers a lilac in the nose"the zeroes -- taught us -- phosphorus"and so stripped the leaves to none-- Hoa NguyenAs published in the Oregonian, April 30th, 2011.Here's a little preview!