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Write Death Poems Long Sleeve T-Shirt

Write Death Poems Long Sleeve T-Shirt

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100% combed ringspun cotton (not Gildan!) 

Most of us in the West are denying death, and this shirt serves as a living reminder that we should all be writing death poems.

Jisei (or death poems) first originated in Zen Buddhism and were later integrated into Chinese and other Asian cultures. The first recorded Death Poem was written in 686 A.D. Below is one of the greatest Japanese poets Basho's Death Poem

 

sick on my journey,

my dreams go wandering

on this withered field

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