haiku-usa

A blog devoted mainly to haiku and senryu and to thoughts about, and inspired by, haiku and senryu.

Haiku is to poetry as espresso is to coffee.

Friday, February 07, 2020

drowsy
my death poem
can wait

First published in Prune Juice

Further information re: “death poem” available at Wikipedia

Adelaide said...: A long time, we all hope .

adelaide; 8:50 AM
Bill said...: Thanks, Adelaide. When I read this at HNA 2019 in Winston-Salem, I left the audience with the parting thought "Your death poem can wait."

There was actually a

workshop
practicing
death poems

at HNA.; 7:39 PM
Crafty Green Poet said...: Yes, your death poem can wait, interesting that there are workshops specifically to practice death poems. i read the article on Wikipedia too, which is interesting,; 12:00 AM
Bill said...: Thanks, Juliet.

"Japanese Death Poems," published by Tuttle, is an excellent anthology.; 8:11 AM