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I Hear You Call, Pine Tree
Yone Noguchi
I hear you call, pine tree, I hear you upon the hill, by the silent pond
where the lotus flowers bloom, I hear you call, pine tree.
What is it you call, pine tree, when the rain falls, when the winds
blow, and when the stars appear, what is it you call, pine tree?
I hear you call, pine tree, but I am blind, and do not know how to
reach you, pine tree. Who will take me to you, pine tree?
About this poem
“I Hear You Call, Pine Tree” was published in “Selected Poems of Yone Noguchi” (Four Seas, 1921).
About Robin Coste Lewis
Yone Noguchi was born in 1875 in Tsushima, Japan. After arriving in San Francisco in 1893, Noguchi worked as a journalist and published his first poems in the magazine The Lark. His collections include “The Pilgrimage” (Kelly & Walsh, Limited, 1909) and “Selected Poems of Yone Noguchi” (Four Seas, 1921). He died on July 13, 1947.
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This poem is in the public domain. Originally published in Poem-a-Day, www.poets.org. Distributed by King Features Syndicate.
