Hailing from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnamese poet Phach Huynh reveals all the stories and presences which are held in the lonely silences with his masterful “Traces”. Phach told The Dewdrop that through quiet imagery and restrained language, “Traces” explores memory, silence, landscape, and the traces people leave behind. “Rather than telling stories directly, it invites readers into moments of reflection where absence, time, and human presence become visible through simple yet evocative images,” he remarked.
Traces
——
A leaf tilts.
An empty step.
Kitchen smoke
forgets
the way back
to the mountains.
A field
bows
for a long time.
Only the grass knows
who
has passed by.
Phach Huynh
Phach Huynh is a Vietnamese poet based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. His poetry explores memory, silence, landscape, and moral choice through quiet, image-driven lyricism. He writes in Vietnamese, and his work has recently been translated into English for international publication. This submission marks one of his early submissions to English-language literary journals.
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Beautiful!
Thank you so much, Jenna. I’m glad the poem spoke to you.
I really like that poem. Full of memorable images.
Thank you so much. I’m especially glad that the images stayed with you.
just exquisite. the silence is full. the unsayable passes from mind to mind.
Thank you for reading so deeply. I’m grateful you felt what the poem leaves unsaid.
i will look forward to a whole book by this poet….
Thank you. That means a great deal to me. I’m grateful you’d like to read more.
Extremely beautiful; poignant
Thank you for reading and sharing. I am very happy.
It is as if humanity and nature have merged into one! Magnificent!
Your poetry is truly concise, profound, and beautiful. Congratulations!