Yellow Pine Pollens Poem by NHIEN NGUYEN MD

Yellow Pine Pollens

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This morning, I clean up broken pine branches
They are evidences of previous destructive winter storms.
Some broken branches still rest on other branches
Some branches are half-broken and dangling.
I manage to cut or to saw these branches
I select their appropriate lengths so I can place them in a wheel barrow.
Pine fragrance reminds me of my home betel palm fragrance.
I have been away from this place many years.
Yellow pine pollens pour down like rains when breezes shake pine needles.
I long for my homeland as many times as many pine needles on these trees.

06072014
NHIEN NGUYEN MD

Translation of a Vietnamese Poem of NHIEN NGUYEN MD:

PHẤN THÔNG VÀNG

Sáng nay, tôi dọn cành thông
Đây là dấu tích mùa đông dữ dằn.
Vài cành gẫy vướng trên cây
Vài cành nửa gẫy, nửa cành dính cây.
Tôi thì vừa cắt, vừa cưa
Lựa chiều tôi cắt cho vừa xe lăn.
Hương thông nhắc nhớ hương cau
Quê tôi xa lắm, bao năm xa nhà.
Gió rung, mưa phấn thông vàng
Thông bao nhiêu lá, nhớ nhà bấy nhiêu.

06072014
NHIEN NGUYEN MD

Sunday, April 17, 2016
Topic(s) of this poem: homesick,narrative,pine
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Kimkhue Nguyen 11 August 2016

Thank you for sharing this thoughtful poem. Your Yellow Pine Pollens poem is very interesting.

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Tony Nguyen 14 June 2016

I like the choice of pine needles, which are sharp like the sense of longing for one's homeland.

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