For the project proposal, I will be writing two poems relating to identity and culture writing. I want to explore my feelings on how each theme represents me as an Asian living in Canada. The type of poem I will be writing is a traditional Vietnamese verse form call “Luc Bat.” I will be recording myself narrating the poem while music plays in the background. Luc Bat is a form meaning six-eights. each line alternates between six and eight syllables. The rhymes for the sixth syllable on both lines then have no set length or a requirement to finish an even line. 

 

Many local poets wrote poems that talked about homeland, war, love, and messages to their families. A few famous poets such as Nguyen Du, Ho Xuan Huong started in the Nguyen dynasty. I want to show how I could use the poem from a local poet talking about my project, talking about identity and culture. The working title of the poem is called “Saigon Boy” and the other “Winter Nation.” I want to write it for people who identify themselves as Vietnamese Canadian and who are not sure about the two cultures from both nationalities. It helps me to understand what I represent to both races about culture and learning of who i am as a Vietnamese Canadian.

 

Schedule:

 

April 14th: Working first rough draft of Saigon Boy.

 

April 18th Finishing the rough draft of Saigon Boy.

 

April 19th: Working the second rough draft of Winter Nation.

 

April 20th: Finishing the second rough draft Winter Nation.

 

April 26th – April 27th: Recording and Mastering.

 

April 30th - May 3rd: Finalized website.

 

May 5th: Presentation.

 

May 12th: Gala