Time is a Mother Ik meld mij af hoe kun je verdragen dat

hoe kun je verdragen dat er in je huis een man op het toilet zit te lezen

and all the elements are brought closer in

migration and grief

verliefde en verlangende kant

Time is a Mother Ik meld mij af hoe kun je verdragen datOcean Vuong In this deeply intimate second poetry collection, Ocean Vuong searches for life among the aftershocks of personal and social loss, embodying the paradox of sitting in grief while being determined to survive beyond it. Shifting through memory, and in concert with the themes of his novel On Earth Were Briefly Gorgeous, Vuong contends with the meaning of family and the cost of being the product of an American war in America. At once vivid,