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This week, I’m going to be continuing with the theme of death poetry, taking a look at some interesting areas:

  • Japanese prisoners of war, held in Japan and other countries, writing their jisei before their execution
  • Poems written by those about to commit seppuk
  • Poems from the ancient masters of our genre

Anyone who doesn’t want to listen to poems on these tough subjects, maybe come back next week.

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Links:

Notes from the death poetry podcasts

Japanese Death Poems, Yoel Hoffmann

History of Haiku Vol 1, RH Blyth

Dreams Wander On edited by Robert Epstein

One Hundred Famous Haiku Daniel C Buchanan

Yukio Mishima New Yorker piece and on good reads

S8E12 Death Poetry part 2