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gồm có những bài thơ chọn lọc
của 68 tác giả
trong đó có Thanh-Thanh
với bài thơ “Reflections”
REFLECTIONS
I
have heard palaver, over historic issues ranged,
Such
as, “If Cleopatra’s nose had been shorter,
The
whole face of the world would have changed!”
But
who asked “How?”
would be a blabber aborter!
I
have heard of legitimate possessions justification
Quoting,
“Render unto Caesar the Caesar’s things!”
But
people are unaware of such self-devastation,
For
Jesus added, “Unto God the Heavenly King’s”!
I
have heard the priests against incest preach;
But
they can absolve repentant believers from any sin!
Well,
how could be born of Adam’s descendants each
If
Cain had not had intercourse with his own kin?
I
have experienced the Marxist-Maoist illogicality;
They
force you to accept and believe their beliefs:
A
classless society but for the proletariat partiality
And
a stateless world but under communist chiefs!
So,
I do acclaim and support any good success
And
do further accept theoretically good intentions
But
never extol and thank what is Utopian guess:
Man
at these times only needs realistic inventions!
Bài Reflections này là một
trong 146 bài thơ chọn lọc trong tuyển-tập “Vietnamese
Choice Poems” do nhà xuất-bản Xlibris ấn-hành năm 2013
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