Oanh Nguyen

Oanh Nguyen was born in Vietnam and emigrated to the United States with her family in 1975. She is currently a part-time online student at the University of Pennsylvania, focusing on Creative Writing. She currently lives in the Philadelphia suburbs with her daughters and other animals.

“In the Tidal Pool,” “Weathering,” and “A Vespa Ride”

First at sunrise,
Then at sunset
You ebb away
leaving me suspended.
My kaleidoscopic charms
laid bare at the altar
of jumbled cowries,
flowers of the sea,

Issue 68, December 2022

Oanh Nguyen

Oanh Nguyen was born in Vietnam and emigrated to the United States with her family in 1975. She is currently a part-time online student at the University of Pennsylvania, focusing on Creative Writing. She currently lives in the Philadelphia suburbs with her daughters and other animals.

“In the Tidal Pool,” “Weathering,” and “A Vespa Ride”

First at sunrise,
Then at sunset
You ebb away
leaving me suspended.
My kaleidoscopic charms
laid bare at the altar
of jumbled cowries,
flowers of the sea,

Issue 68, December 2022

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