{"id":7105,"date":"2006-08-04T23:08:09","date_gmt":"2006-08-05T03:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2006\/08\/04\/lily-days\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:53:55","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:53:55","slug":"lily-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2006\/08\/04\/lily-days\/","title":{"rendered":"lily days"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a> Ana and Cynthia, two\u00a0of my very favorite friends, love to tend, weed and enjoy their summer flowerbeds — especially, when the lilies are blooming.\u00a0 As we enter August, most lilies seem to be past peak here in Upstate New York, but their essence can often be recalled through the simple magic of haiku.<\/p>\n

\"daylily\" Fortunately, a number of my favorite haijin have filled their literary gardens with lilies for our pleasure.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

unrelenting heat
\nher fingertips yellowed
\nwith lily pollen<\/p>\n

ikebana<\/a>
\nthe space
\nwhere the lily was<\/p>\n

October sun
\na white koi surfaces
\namong the lilies<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Pamela Miller Ness<\/strong><\/a>
\n“unrelenting heat” & “ikebana” – from the sequence \u201cwhere the lily was,\u201d (2003)
\n“October sun” –\u00a0 frogpond<\/a><\/em> XXIX: 2 (2006)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

distant jazz
\na calla lily
\ncatches rain<\/p>\n

through a maze of lilies brushstrokes of the trout<\/p>\n

Peggy Lyles<\/strong><\/a> – from To Hear the Rain<\/a><\/em> (Brooks Books, 2002)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

bills paid
\nthe tiger lily
\npast its prime<\/p>\n

hands stained
\nwith tiger lilies
\nall day this heat<\/p>\n

Roberta Beary<\/a><\/strong>
\n“hands stained”- South by Southeast<\/em>, (vol. 5 no. 1, 1998)
\n“bills paid” – Penumbra<\/em> 1999<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

festival–
\ntiger lilies, princess lilies
\nbeing weighed<\/p>\n

quietly the lilies
\nhave bloomed…
\na skylark sings<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

touching the princess lily’s
\nheart…
\npure water<\/p>\n

kobaysihi issa<\/a><\/strong>, translated by David G. Lanoue<\/a> \"lilyN\"<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

marsh tide
\nturns around
\na lily<\/p>\n

John Stevenson<\/a><\/strong> – Upstate Dim Sum<\/em> (2004\/II<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

just past sunset —
\nfaded daylilies
\nmore orange than before<\/p>\n

another
\nsummer infatuation –
\norange daylilies<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

dagosan<\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Want more?<\/em><\/strong> In July 2000, lily<\/em> was the topic-kigo for the Shiki Monthly Kukai<\/a><\/em>. You can see the results, which include poems by Honored Guests Hilary Tann and DeVar Dahl,\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"lilyG\"<\/p>\n

Finally, here is some fine summer poetry from our Honored Guest haijin Rebecca Lilly<\/a>:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Mosquito netting
\nrises and falls —
\nthe clarity of dusk<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sultry dark —
\nwild honeysuckle scent
\nfrom the junkyard of rusted cars<\/p>\n

Distant thunder; faint tick
\nof the clock’s pendulum
\n. . . the evening heat<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Cooling white wine —
\nthe tinkle of windchimes
\nin the summer twilight<\/p>\n

roses still fresh —
\nthe doctor’s vague answers
\nto my questions<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Rebecca Lilly<\/a><\/strong> –
\n– from Shadwell Hills<\/a><\/em> (Brook Press, 2002)
\n– except, “Mosquito netting” – Mainichi News<\/em><\/a> Haiku Page (No. 686, Aug. 2006); “roses still fresh”\u00a0– frogpond <\/a><\/em> XXIX: 2 (2006)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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