Japanese Death Poems: Written by Zen Monks and Haiku Poets on the Verge of Death Memoir_Gift_Guide His nephew has been kidnapped

His nephew has been kidnapped by the fugitive pyromaniac

Who uses a wrench to fix a bench

This is where his story begins

a French-Canadian immigrant

Japanese Death Poems: Written by Zen Monks and Haiku Poets on the Verge of Death Memoir_Gift_Guide His nephew has been kidnapped"A wonderful introduction the Japanese tradition of jisei, this volume is crammed with exquisite, spontaneous verse and pithy, often hilarious, descriptions of the eccentric and committed monastics who wrote the poems." Tricycle: The Buddhist Review Although the consciousness of death is, in most cultures, very much a part of life, this is perhaps nowhere more true than in Japan, where the approach of death has given rise to a centuries old tradition