Comment Comment by saucymew An interesting Asian counterpart is the Japanese death haiku.MUMON GENSENDied on the twenty-second day of the third month, 1390 at the age of sixty-eightLife is an ever-rolling wheelAnd every day is the right one.He who recites poems at his deathAdds frost to snow. parent saucymew 7 months ago
MUMON GENSEN
Died on the twenty-second day of the third month, 1390 at the age of sixty-eight
Life is an ever-rolling wheel
And every day is the right one.
He who recites poems at his death
Adds frost to snow.