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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CITIES: 6. TOKIO, by CALE YOUNG RICE Poet's Biography
First Line: The mad dogs of war
Last Line: To beg from door to door.
Subject(s): Buddhism; Honor; Peace; Tokyo; War; Buddha; Buddhists
First Line: The mad dogs of war
Last Line: To beg from door to door.
Subject(s): Buddhism; Honor; Peace; Tokyo; War; Buddha; Buddhists
The mad dogs of war
Have bitten her and she runs
With rabies through the East, --
Her peaceful moat forgotten,
Her willows hung with poems,
Her honor among the nations,
And Buddha forsaken
And left with empty bowl
To beg from door to door.
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