Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-230) and index.
Parallel text in English and Vietnamese.
Introduction: The Field of Vision in Vietnamese Poetry / Nguyen Ba Chung -- Full Moon in January / Ho Chi Minh -- Western Advance / Quang Dung -- The Sim Flower Lavender / Huu Loan -- Beautiful and Loving Days Gone By / Pham Ho -- Remembering / Nguyen Dinh Thi -- Missing the Eastern Region / Xuan Mien -- Uncle Doesn't Sleep Tonight / Minh Hue -- Afternoon Rain on Route / Tham Tam -- Pham Hong Thai / To Huu -- The Couple of the Mountains / Vu Cao -- Bright Starry Night / Nguyen Binh -- Native Village / Giang Nam -- Return to Tuyen / Xuan Dieu -- When Will You Return? / Hoang Trung Thong -- Condolence to a Friend / Hoang Loc -- Bombing at Seng Phen / Pham Tien Duat -- The Red Farewell / Nguyen My -- I Returned to My Native Village / Le Anh Xuan -- The Lamp Standing Guard / Chinh Huu -- Emily, My Daughter / To Huu -- The Division / Pham Ngoc Canh -- Drum and Fire / Nguyen Xuan Tham -- Wave / Xuan Quynh -- A Garden in the City / Luu Quang Vu -- Three Bullets / Ta Huu Yen -- Song of the Hammock / Tran Dang Khoa -- The Fire in the Lamps / Pham Tien Duat -- Under Moonlight the Baby Sings / Te Hanh -- The Rifleman's Words / Nguyen Trong Oanh -- Deo Ngang: Crossing Pass / Pham Tien Duat -- Footprints in Elephant Grass / Thanh Thao -- The Grave and the Sandalwood Tree / Nguyen Duc Mau -- A Sky in a Bomb Crater / Lam Thi My Da -- O Life I Love Like My Wife / Viet Phuong -- Secret Scent / Phan Thi Thanh Nhan -- The Alabaster Stork / Tran Dang Khoa -- Mountain, River / Vu Tu Nam -- Lullaby for the Minority Children Growing Up on Their Mothers' Backs / Nguyen Khoa Diem -- Song of the Moonlight and the Dan Bo / Tran Dang Khoa -- Hearing the Argument of the Small Prisoners / Van Le -- Stop / Nguyen Duy -- White Circle / Pham Tien Duat -- Quang Tri / Van Le -- Red Earth - Blue Water / Nguyen Duy -- The Father / Nguyen Duy -- Waiting / Huu Thinh -- On Hearing a Chameleon in the City / Nguyen Duy -- The Incense Smell on New Year's Eve / Van Le -- Worried Over the Days Past / Xuan Quynh -- Moonlight / Nguyen Duy -- In Phan Thiet / Huu Thinh -- Where the River Flowed / Vo Que -- The Repose / Anh Ngoc -- The Space between Words / Bang Viet -- Sonnet for the Bus / Thanh Thao -- A Retired General / Nguyen Duc Mau -- Leaving off Poetry / Che Lan Vien -- Poem for My Grandson / Te Hanh -- Woman Knitting / Y Nhi -- The Bells / Vu Cao -- After Many Missed Dates, You Finally Come / Hoang Nhuan Cam -- Speaking to the Heart / Lam Thi My Da -- Come before the Rain Falls / Thu Bon -- A Small Song of Peace / Nguyen Duy -- Not Just a Battlefront / Pham Sy Sau -- Folk Festival in the Autumn Night / To Huu -- Suddenly / Nguyen Duy -- In the Metro / Vu Quan Phuong -- Oh Stone / Nguyen Duy -- Lang Son, 1989 / Nguyen Duy -- The Co May Flower / Xuan Quynh -- Wind and Widow / Le Thi May -- New Year's Eve / Le Thi May -- Poem of a Garden / Le Thi May -- A Half / Vo Van Truc -- In the Labor Market at Giang Vo / Pham Tien Duat -- At 59 Ba Trieu Street / Pham Tien Duat -- To Return to the Urges Unconscious of Their Beginning / Pham Tien Duat -- The Examples / Nguyen Quang Thieu