poems

Writing by Loan LeMay 4, 2019May 4, 2019

Vietnamese Folk Poem #1

Yeah, I take Vietnamese classes on Wednesday nights. But . . . aren’t you Vietnamese? * At first, I thought learning Vietnamese in a class setting would only further embarrass me. It’s gonna be full of non-Vietnamese people and they’re going to look down on me. They’ll think, “Why is she in this class?” I always felt […]

Writing by Loan LeApril 10, 2014

Learning to be a poet

We learned how to write tanka poetry a few weeks back. A tanka poem is a traditional Japanese form of poetry. It follows a 5-7-5-7-7 syllabic pattern and can go on for a long time. We only stop once we reach infinity – that is, until we feel like we can’t get anything else out of […]

Time to Wake

Creative Writing by Loan LeFebruary 1, 2014February 2, 2014