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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