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Jisei: the Japanese Death Poem

A chapter in the book 2017 JAPANESE POETRY

jisei haiku (chilled to the bone)

by Gypsy Blue Rose



 
chilled to the bone

as I lie on my death bed—

children's laughter


 


















 



Jisei contest (haiku) contest entry

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To get in the spirit of this kind of poem, I thought of my last dying breath. I know that my children's laughter will be the last thing on my mind before I die. I cherish that beautiful sound so much.

Jisei: the Japanese Death Poem

Japan has a long history of jisei or death poems. Jisei is the farewell poem to life. The death poem is a genre of poetry that developed in the literary traditions of East Asian culture, most prominently in Japan as well as certain periods of Chinese history
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