PagineThe Vietnamese Zen teacher Thich Nhat Hanh wrote many books on mindfulness and peace, as well as poems such as “Please Call Me by My True Names”.
We only host poems that are in the public domain, so this page has no poem texts.
Thich Nhat Hanh’s books are in copyright. Borrow them from a library or buy them from the publisher:
Thich Nhat Hanh’s poems are still protected by copyright, so we don’t reproduce them. This page links to legal places to read them: the poet’s publishers, your local library, the Poetry Foundation and the Academy of American Poets, which share many poems with permission.
Call Me by My True Names (1993).