Author Notes
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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