Nicholas Bulka

Death poem by Moriya Sen’an

我死なば
酒屋の瓶の下にいけよ
もしや雫の
もりやせんなん

Ware shinaba
sakaya no kame no
shita ni ikeyo
moshi ya shizuku no
mori ya sen nan

Bury me when I die
beneath a wine barrel
in a tavern.
With luck
the cask will leak

Nicholas 'Nick' Bulka

- Born January 21, 1920 in Bayonne, NJ, 11th of 12 children

- Married 75 years to Mary

- Left us on February 5, 2019 in Columbia, MD

- He was 99 years old