Japanese Communal Bath-House Lectures Poem by Paul Warren

The Japanese have a communal bathing tradition
They gather in a bath house of their own volition
But this practice was falling out of favour
And people wanted to try this and savour
The communal fellowship of this practice
Was for them something that was attractive

Apart from being naked and clean
You can attend a lecture on an interesting theme
But would you attend one of these naked
With your nakedness to others a prerequisite.

© Paul Warren Poetry