LAST haiku

Aim at the sun and you may not reach it; but your arrow will fly far higher than if you had aimed at an object on a level with yourself. -- F. Hawes That is an interesting thought. My Kyudo (Archery) Teacher would say: Aim behind the target ! Shoot each arrow as if it was your last one ! Be here and now ! and the Kendo Teacher: Batteling with five opponents, use your force as if they were seven. Can we apply this to Haiku? Here is my haiku sensei: Write each haiku as if it was your last one ! There is no tomorrow to reach, there is only NOW to write.

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Death is not extinguishing the light;
it is putting out the lamp
because the dawn has come.

Rabindranath Tagore


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. Death Poems (jisei 辞世) .


Death and dead persons .


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