😌 We’re honored to see Japanese Death Poems featured in nytimes & tmagazine’s new gift guide — especially in response to such a heartfelt and difficult gifting request: ⁠ ⁠ “Your mother is lucky to have a daughter who wants to make her remaining time joyful. Hearing poetry read aloud is one of the few things that makes my grandmother feel connected to the world in her final months. She’s Irish and loves Yeats, and he’s hard to beat for poignancy and lyricism; I also like jisei, the pithy, sometimes funny parting verses written by Japanese poets and Buddhist monks.”⁠ ⁠ Read the whole guide at the link in bio, and get your copy of Japanese Death Poems at tuttlepublishing.com!⁠ ⁠ 🏷️⁠ #deathpoems #japanesedeathpoems #haiku #poetry #shogun #shogunfx #shogunhulu #samurai #poetsofinstagram #haikupoetry #japanesehaiku