awakening our drowsy souls,
probing, reminding us of debts,
washing us clean of worldly dust.
A boat crosses to the Buddha Lands."
“The Ship of Redemption” a folk poem from Hue.
Lifting The Darkness: American and Vietnamese War Poets.
* Jimi Hendrix Experience, Spanish Castle Magic (excerpt), Stockholm, Sweden 1969. Film clips from "The Anderson Platoon" by Pierre Schoendoerffer, © French Broadcasting System. And Public Domain video, Vietnam. Visualmyth by Patrick Burke.
