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Death Poems

There is, apparently, a Japanese tradition of Death Poems, oft written in the last moments of a poets life, and haunting as one would expect from such a culture.


The snow of yesterday
that fell like cherry petals
is water once again.
Gozan

Or perhaps Takuan Soho’s effort, dragged out of him reluctantly



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