Blue Nguyen
Blue Nguyen (they/them) is a non-binary lesbian Vietnamese poet and mixed media artist based out of Boston. They utilized multimedia forms to explore ideas around grief, home, and identity. Their poems can be found on The Mantle Poetry, Glass: a Journal of Poetry, Protean Magazine, and more. They can be found on Instagram: @blue.ngu or posting memes on Twitter: @queerqhost.
mua mua
1.)
my mother’s body is a river,
she says the rain
season in
vietnam brings
a fresh body of water, says
mua mua (rain rain)
2.)
on our best mornings,
i would watch
her get up early to make
banh xeo,
always
half a teaspoon of
sugar and salt
coconut milk
and water
somehow
the house always got quieter
my father wasn’t as
angry, banh xeo is
divinity
3.)
my mother used to take us
rain dancing
it’s tuesday again
my mother says
back in vietnam when it
rained
there would
be magic and dance
4.)
i give my
grief a name
magic is to name
something, give rain,
and we will dance
when
the rain
season starts