Writing A Death poem.

[Phantom]

I recently found out while reading a cool book, that samurai of all kind, shishi, daimyo, hatomoto, all kinds, would compose a death poem for their ritual/battle deaths. Well, I wrote mine and its dedicated to my ex girlfriend.

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Love,
As strong as hate.

Hate,
As strong as love.

Both,
Present and living,
Overpowering, Equalibrium,

How love and hate,
Can both dwell upon one,

How love and hate,
Can both fester within me,

Its beyond reason.

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[DeviLina]

i find myself in Love with this poem
so much emotion and it was really well written

short simple and to the point...nicely done

[Mist]

[color=crimson][size=1] Hmmm...different from your usuals; you excluded [i]your[/i] perceptions on the matter. It's very nice, but I think I like it when your use your unmatched powerful descriptions.[/color][/size]

[Corey]

That's one really good poem.
I applaud.

[Shinkoru]

I like it but its no longer X g/f. :)

[Phantom]

Thank yee and all yee represents. This poem was simple, beacause all death poems I have read are short and sweeet. mostly haiku unlike mine.

[Mist]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Shinkoru [/i]
[B]I like it but its no longer X g/f. :) [/B][/QUOTE]
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Ack...you guys are gettin' all gooey [i][b]already[/i][/b]? [/color][/size]

[Corey]

To quote Neil, "Save that stuff for AIM!"

[Japan]

That is a very good poem. It really makes you think. Very well written

[Guest ThePeacockAngel]

Nice poem. Always glad to meet a fellow poet. For that matter a fellow morbid poet. *extends hand* Hi all, names Jess.

[Guest Aznchick]

Wow..that sounds good ^^ Your a talented writer...simple..yet full of emotion.very nice

[Carnage]

Uhmm... Nice work!

[Guest QueenOfTheRose]

ooooo I love this poem:love: .......it reminds me of how i felt about my ex....very well put, take a bow my friend you deserve it.

[Phantom]

Heh, this is the first time ive been praised this much in over a year. *Will make a more detailed hellish poem for sis Evie and will write a haiku for once*... ty all but the poetry I write is worth no merit.

[Mist]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Phantom [/i]
[B]*sis Evie...*[/B][/QUOTE] [color=crimson][size=1]


*glares*


It's Evelyn. Not Evie. Not even sis Evie. Evelyn or Sis; take your friggin' pick. Got it?[/color][/size]

[Phantom]

Ah so along with the iq drop you also forgot to keep your rage inside while publicly posting. *pats your shoulder gently* The asylum really did you more bad than good. *grins*

[Shinken]

[I] I am to others
A stranger compared to what
I am to myself;

My accomplishments
Are all outsiders will see
When I meet their glance.

One's life, however,
Cannot be accurately
Measured in such ways.

To be more precise,
One must find within himself
Fortitude and peace.

The warrior's way
is that of humility;
The way of Shinken. [/I]

If you know what "Shinken" means, you'll get it...

[Phantom]

I dot know whatr shinken means but is it something like Bushido?

[Shinken]

It means "Believe Sword" or "Sword that Believes". Whaddya think of the poem?

[Phantom]

It is a traditional haiku death poem. I would love to be able to write haiku in Nihhonese but I just dont have the linquistic knowlege that would even take years being Japanese yourself to measurably understand well.

As to your poem I like it and it expresses what you strive to make understood by all. Good all-around job. Now Shinken is a pretty good word but when you said "The warrior' way" I instantly though of Bushido. But shinken has its own distinctive power.. I like it.