Vu Lan season remembering mother

There are many poems written about parents, especially about mothers. In them, each author conveys the child's feelings for his or her parents.

Author Trinh Bich Ngan remembers her deceased mother, but it seems that her mother is still alive thanks to the invisible wave of blood love connecting the two worlds of life and death: Even though parents/ are on the other side of the sky/ separated/ the waves of life and death/ still beat rhythmically/ with love. Author Le Thieu Nhon remembers his mother as the door of a house that never closes, waiting for her child to return, the warmest and safest place: That door withstands all slander and uncertainty/ Because it has a mother's heart as the final barrier.

The seventh lunar month of every year is also the Vu Lan season for children to show their gratitude. SGGP newspaper introduces the poem Yin and Yang Waves by author Trinh Bich Ngan and The Door That Doesn't Close by Le Thieu Nhon.

Yin and Yang waves

First birthday

no mother in the world

I am alone

sit and cry

***

Drop drop

orphaned

quietly

heartbroken

***

In front of me

steaming cup of cappuccino

sedum flower in bloom

Xuan Huong Lake's surface throbs with breath

church in the cold fog the bells

***

Life expectancy

and age

sea ​​waves

bustling dawn

rolling sunset

***

Even though parents

the other side of the sky

distance

yin and yang waves

still beating

love

By Xuan Huong Lake, August 11, 2025

TRINH BICH NGAN

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The door is not closed

I return to that door

Through many stormy seasons the wind goes away

The door is never closed

Like a mother's heart opening up day by day

***

I keep dreaming of the shores

When life bullies you

Back behind that door

***

And the baby slept soundly

And I dream so peacefully

That door protects against all unforeseen circumstances.

Because there is a mother's heart as the final barrier.

LE THIEU NHON

THN

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/mua-vu-lan-nho-me-post809891.html