Poem Sources:FROM THE COUNTRY OF EIGHT ISLANDS; AN ANTHOLOGY OF JAPANESE POETRY.SATO, HIKROAKI, & WATSON, BURTON (EDS. & TRS.) (1981) | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WISDOM COMETH WITH THE YEARS by COUNTEE CULLEN AGAINST THE REST OF THE YEAR by JAMES GALVIN TO ATLANTA UNIVERSITY - ITS FOUNDERS AND TEACHERS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE GUARDIAN OF THE RED DISK (SPOKEN BY A CITIZEN OF MALTA - 1300) by EMMA LAZARUS |