Tanahashi's Blood Poem by Dennis Ryan

Tanahashi's Blood



April 30,2006

We are the instruments of history, and brave,
sometimes foolish blood has been shed to this end.
We are all of a certain time and a place, and then not.
Therefore, this poem, awash in history, in and out
of history, mourns our losses,but celebrates us—
all races, peoples, nations, identities dignified.

Dennis Ryan
Saturday, January 12, 2019
Topic(s) of this poem: warfare
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The speaker of the poem reflects on the senselessness of warfare and the dignity of all peoples.
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