This archive contains all haiku written by Tuan Tran to date.
The first fifteen poems appeared on tuantran.org in June 2001. View the original July 23, 2001 archive capture (21 poems) →. Poem 16 was written in 2025. The remaining poems, from 17 to 175, were written between May 2026 and now, presented in chronological order.
Last updated: August 26, 2026
Written last year in 2025. The poem that sparked the collection.
Written June 27, 2026 — Companion to Poem 98
I stopped at one hundred because the story felt complete.
The new poems are about the present: the aging body, the changing light, the simple act of paying attention when the storm clouds gather or the peony blooms.
Image: Vietnam's Toxic Legacy, Unreported World, Channel 4.
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Volumes 1 and 2 were about using the haiku form to write about my experience as a child during the Vietnam War, the boat journey as a refugee, assimilation and identity in America, the first Vipassana retreat where the body dissolved, the forest monastery in Myanmar where I ordained as a novice monk, and the return to Vietnam — using the images of the temple bell, nature, and breath meditation. Starting August 24, 2026, this volume 3 is about haiku using the images of nature to identify a Zen state of mind.
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