The deer did not stop running, leopards climbed into trees that could not hide them, the douc langur and the white cheeked gibbon cursed.
Author: Teresa Mei Chuc
Teresa Mei Chuc was born in Saigon, Vietnam, and immigrated to the United States under political asylum with her mother and brother shortly after the Vietnam War.
Quan Âm on a Dragon
In this poem, Vietnamese poet Teresa Mei Chuc brings us a voice often muted in America—the young refugee’s.