Death Poems
Although the consciousness of death is in most cultures very much part of life, this is nowhere more true than in Japan, where the approach of death has given rise to a centuries-old tradition of writing “jisei” or the death poem. Such a poem is often written in the very last moments of the poet’s life. Many such poems are written in the haiku format of three lines. The one below is the one I have drafted.
today is the day
for one last view
of you my love
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