Peacocks Were Patient Enough to Paint on Their Feathers
I visited the arboretum in Arcadia for a date. A peacock honks as if it knows I should’ve stayed home. The day before I got my shin tattooed with a vase. I always end up…
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Alina Nguyễn
Born and raised in Los Angeles, CA, Alina Nguyễn is the proud daughter of Vietnamese immigrants, and the author of the chapbook, Before There Were More Ghosts, from Tomorrow Today. She earned her M.F.A. from the California State University, Long Beach and is currently a Ph.D. student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Poetry House
I am sitting on the futon wondering when I will earn my parentsa house. A poet in Vietnamese is nhà thơ, thus, the body is a housefor the poem. I want to contain more than…