Gods You Avoid Won't Hurt You.

Long Ago In China, Knot-makers Tied String Into Buttons And Frogs, And Rope Into Bell Pulls. There Was One Knot So Complicated That It Blinded The Knot-maker. Finally An Emperor Outlawed This Cruel Knot, And The Nobles Could Not Order It Anymore. If I Had Lived In China, I Would Have Been An Outlaw Knot-maker.

Ocean People Are Very Different From Land People. The Ocean Never Stops Saying And Asking Into Ears, Which Don't Sleep Like Eyes.

No Husband Of Mine Will Say, "i Could Have Been A Drummer, But I Had To Think About The Wife And Kids. You Know How It Is." Nobody Supports Me At The Expense Of His Own Adventure.

Reading Ngo Tu Lap's Poems, Terrible Nostalgia Wells Up In Me- Nostalgia For A Lost Time And A Far-gone Country, Nostalgia For People I've Loved, And For Creatures Of Forests And Rivers. I Feel Gratitude Too. War Is Over. Peace Arrives With These Beautiful Poems.

A Story Can Take You Through A Whole Process Of Searching, Seeking, Confronting, Through Conflicts, And Then To A Resolution. As The Storyteller And The Listener, We Go Through A Story Together.