In the Garden of Almond by Tong Thu Ngan

 

In the Garden of Almond

 

The dawn is filled with the sound of birds singing,

In the garden of almonds,

My soul is filled with light,

Illuminating my soul, illuminating the whole world,

 

What am I looking for in this world?

Peaceful life, happy love,

Warm human love is all around us,

A peaceful world, a blue sky filled with doves,

 

I still long to find,

The truth in this world,

Unreal, real,

Illusions like the yellow autumn afternoons,

 

In the garden of almonds,

I am silent like an ascetic,

Alone in my own fruit-filled garden,

My own almond garden,

 

The wind blows, the clouds drift,

I am like a beggar whose knees are tired,

I wander in the garden of almonds,

The ripe red apples smell of wild grass,

 

In the forest of thoughts,

Silent notes,

Birds singing in the almond garden,

Flowers and leaves swaying.

Biography 

 

Her name is Tống Thu Ngân. She was born in Vietnam. She grew up in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam. She is a lecturer of The Ho Chi Minh City University of Padagogy. She has dual Vietnamese and American citizenship. She started writing poetry in 2014, and to date she has written 1,932 poems. Most of her poems have been set to music by many musicians. Currently, she has over 200 songs. Four of her six poetry collections have been published, four of which have been published in the US and are available on Amazon.

 

1- Purple Autumn (Van Hoc Publishing House - 2017 Vietnam)

 

2- The Tilted Afternoon in Wild Sunshine (Nhan Anh Publishing House - 2018 in the USA)

 

3- Nostalgia to My Homeland (Literature and Culture Publishing House - 2018 Vietnam)

 

4- The Mousetrap and a Piece of Cheese (Nhan Anh Publishing House - 2018 in USA)

 

5- Love fable (Nhan Anh Publishing House -2018 in USA)

 

6- The love fable 2 the seasons of contrary wind (Nhan Anh Publishing House - 2019 in USA