Top 10 Best Poems by Poet Đồng Ánh Liễu

This evening, the cold east wind chills the heart
The street mourns in the silent curved road
The drizzle lost, the steps fly, and the hair is disheveled
Who is still sitting untangling the memories?

Seems like the days are about to run out
December is running out... fortune is running out
Another year is running out... winter is the same
About to run out... does anyone notice?

Is it like the end of a year for a lifetime?
Time quietly flows for a smooth journey
Sometimes bustling... sometimes hurried
Sometimes leisurely... in a tangled mess

Sitting and contemplating our lives
Like a gentle flowing river
Said to go against the flow... or sink
Actually, it's flowing downstream... despite the storms!

Farewell to December... Spring is coming soon
Wishing for a new year... truly peaceful
Cheerful, lucky... joy comes
Peaceful, happy... in the human realm

Smiles radiant everywhere
Worries left behind... Tears stop falling
Every year turning back without regret
Sending ourselves... a human lifetime!

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If someday in haste amidst the bustling street
We coincidentally meet again somewhere
Our eyes touch in a moment of confusion
You calmly stroll... don't be troubled.

Let the past bury itself deeply and be done
Let everything rest peacefully in the subconscious
No more pain throbbing in the chest
The healed wounds... reassure their tranquility.

I turn away indifferently, don't be surprised
Don't blame me—why is my heart so icy?
Once, I loved more than anything
But now... meeting again... too indifferent!

If you knew I was once very lost
Wandering in those distant days
Suffering... resentful, full of blame
Crying endlessly, moments of letting go.

If you knew the bitter nights of sorrow
I silently swallowed so many tears
Counting the days, suffering intensely
How terrible for myself!

Gradually, that pain also fades away
I don't know why I became strong
I tried to do everything possible
To forget you... forget the warm love.

And one day, no more lingering echoes
The old gaze... and those things of the past
Though not forgotten... no longer reside
In the heart that once loved you wholeheartedly!

Now, I embrace each day joyfully
With a serene and radiant smile
In my heart blooms carefree happiness
Knowing to love myself and everything around me.

Don't be saddened as I silently walk away!

3/2/23
Dong Anh Lieu

Love for you, the woman of the past

Though no longer the figure of twenty

Not intact and radiant in your smile

The purity not filled in the gaze

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But I love in the small things

The gentle charm of passing time

Loving the calm smile in adversity

The resilience surpassing a thousand trials

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I love you in the silent gaze

Outwardly patient and resilient

Having gone through much, right and wrong

Each wound dried up the tears

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I love you in the silent gaze

The endurance and flexibility on the surface

Having experienced a lot, true and false

Each injury dried up the tears

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I love you, love the genuine smile

The peaceful serenity in the soul

No complaints about the many losses in life

But calmly facing the ups and downs of life

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I love you through the long years

Letting go of the weary memories

Packing carefully, sending to the deep

Gently observing life like the wind and drifting clouds!

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Proclaimed to love each other until old age

Unexpectedly, the painful love shattered

The old promises, where are they now?

The old path, covered in moss and thick with grass

Silently, I return to visit the deserted alley

You, now, lose your way in the last steps of the clouds

For a thousand years, I thought love would fade

But in myriad lifetimes, love remains abundant!

Ever return to the ancient March?

That season, we met in a small village

You regret loving too much!
Offering sincerity, you receive deceit
The beautiful dream you painted suddenly shatters
When you discover countless unreal things..!

You regret loving the only one
Many admirers are coldly rejected
Meeting you, my heart feels as if
We were born for each other forever

Unexpectedly, you are someone with experiences
A serious demeanor hiding all the past loves
I naively thought life was sparkling
When I met someone I loved passionately

You regret the poetic love stories woven
Exhausting yourself to write love tales
Every poem intoxicated with love
Sent entirely to you - The Deceiver!

When I know I'm naive and helpless
My heart has already engraved your name
Suppressing the pain, I smile bitterly
Smiling into a love once drawn

Countless nights hearing my heart weep
Will a lifetime forget you or not?
Hate or love forever held in the heart
A figure - thought to be - LOVE THROUGHOUT ETERNITY!

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Then one cold day, we coldly passed by
Many memories faded with the old days
Love, once deep, nurtured for a while
Now suddenly turned into fleeting bubbles

Eyes no longer make people amazed
Two loving hearts suddenly out of sync
One wants to hope we walk together
In the later years, warm beside each other

Love has dried up, only the pain remains
Why hold on when you've changed
Let's silently watch love sink or float
Following the waves, rolling to the distant sea

Warm and sweet, then gradually fades
Nostalgia once given to someone else
Happiness one day suddenly got lost
Our love now just ashes!

Who dares to blame or be resentful
When the fate is exhausted, indifferent to all
You may see me as a stranger
Lost through life, then forgotten...!

Still wish you happiness and warmth
Love ends, then blame it on fate!

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Offering sincerity, trading a bit of true heart
Yet still pondering, the person remains hesitant
Shallow wells of understanding are hard to come by
Deep in discussions... avoiding professional bias

Encounters in life are often due to fate
Casual conversations turn into close friends
Hoping to understand each other in every thought
Why bother with things that are already abundant

Intimacy, let it be and leave it there
Against the current, life's path separates
Loving only to later feel resentment and blame
Clouds belong to the sky... how can they be bound

The wind blows, leaves rustle on the threshold
Winter hesitates, fearing the swift passing of days
Afternoon suddenly feels like a penance
Fearing the rapid end of another season… again far away!

Year after year, month after month, time goes by
Today still passionate...
Tomorrow, strangers?
So don't love too much... another person too deeply
No heartache if it's just... a stranger!

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Life, a journey granted once
Be not harsh on oneself, take a chance
Release the pain, let grievances flee
Fatigue and sorrow will soon set you free

Living on this earth, hopes abound
Joy and happiness, let your heart surround
Yet, no escape from life's relentless sting
Suffering and fate, each their own spring

Oh, don't blame life, my dear friend!
If weary, take a break, let sorrows end
If you wish to cry aloud, go ahead
After tears, wipe your eyes, smile instead

Dark clouds above in the sky so high
Soon disperse, making way for the sun to comply
Endure misfortune and hardships untold
Blessings and goodness will unfold

We cherish and profoundly adore
A kindness we held, our hearts explore
But like bubbles, it fades, can't endure
We tried so hard, yet, love couldn't secure.

Past memories, once notably rare
In the heart of another, a little care
Did you ever long for me?
Yearn for a warm embrace, a dream to be.

We offer sincerity from the depths
Love sincere, no ulterior steps
Overflowing warmth, given willingly
No regrets, for loving intensely.

Sometimes, this heart feels a poignant trace
Love's brief journey, fading embrace
Still, we cherish memories divine
And carefully wrap each moment's sign.

Through the years in life's illusion
Perhaps, forever, we won't cross again
This heart shadows your deep impression
Forever wishing you peace and joy, my friend!

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Still you, with a smile, no tears to trace
Seasons come and go, leaves fall in grace
No foolishness in solitude's embrace
The hillside breeze still sings, the sky's embrace

Still you, no heartache, no regrets to hold
Turning away, warmth dropped, a story told
Why cry when tears make the eyes grow old?
The sun shines, drying sorrows, so I'm told

Still you, busy, forgetting to remember
Day and night, tasks overwhelm, a constant ember
Occasionally, wondering, a self-inquiry
How many falls of leaves since you left me?

Still you, a smile, no hint of sorrow
Hoping seasons erase the shadow tomorrow
Waiting for time to fade your silhouette
Eyes forget, and so does your forgettable effect

Still you, serene in the new day's light
Smiling, swallowing tears, a hidden fight
After bitterness, I'm no longer light
Knowing to weep and laugh, for one so right!

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