{"id":7951,"date":"2007-09-02T13:40:16","date_gmt":"2007-09-02T18:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/09\/02\/a-lovely-wedding-hopeful-boomers-m"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:53:44","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:53:44","slug":"a-lovely-wedding-hopeful-boomers-marry-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/09\/02\/a-lovely-wedding-hopeful-boomers-marry-again\/","title":{"rendered":"hopeful boomers marry again: wedding haiku"},"content":{"rendered":"

I<\/em><\/strong>f you are looking for the haiku of Peggy Willis Lyles, start at her f\/k\/a <\/em>Archive Page<\/a>, which has links to scores of postings that have two or more of Peggy’s poems (including this post).<\/p>\n

\"\" W<\/strong><\/em>ith picture-perfect location and weather, the family and friends of my friends Elizabeth and Barry came together in August 2007, at Thacher State Park<\/a>, in Albany County, NY, to celebrate the couple’s marriage.\u00a0 Cynics might wonder why two liberal-minded Baby Boomers, who have each “experienced a prior marriage,” would want or need to formalize and legalize their relationship by getting married again. The f\/k\/a<\/em> Gang can only say that seeing Barry and Elizabeth together, whispering in quick embraces, or dancing with achy backs and a bit of gray hair, to songs they might have heard at their first weddings, is ample evidence that they bring a wiser brand of expectations, mature love, and relationship tools, into this their Last Marriag<\/em>e than they did the first time.\u00a0 My bet is that they will both be very pleased they made this choice — and so will their loved ones — when their Silver Anniversary comes around in 2032.<\/p>\n

\"yyS\" <\/span> The wedding-celebration crowd that overflowed with love and admiration for the artsy Elizabeth and computer-minded Barry included her still-married octogenarian parents; divorced, married and single folk spanning three generations; Elizabeth’s divorce lawyer; childhood friends who have stayed together for decades; and adult friends still looking for Ms. or Mr. Right. We all came away well-fed (a little too much carrot cake for me), smiling, and a bit more hopeful about life and love. Some of us might even be tucking away today’s 2007 Wedding Issue<\/a> of the Washington Post Magazine<\/em> (Sept. 2, 2007), which takes “a look at matrimony from the male perspective.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

With the help of my haijin friends, I put together a collection of haiku and senryu to help celebrate the Baby Boomer wedding and marriage of Elizabeth and Barry.\u00a0 They were used to create a tri-fold brochure that was handed out at their wedding celebration.\u00a0 [Please note that they were not<\/em> meant to reflect the biographies of the wedding couple; any similarlities are, as they say, purely coincidental.]\u00a0 The multi-faceted poems are presented here for your enjoyment <\/em>:<\/p>\n

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<\/span> <\/span>a haiku celebration of
\nthe marriage of <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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<\/span> <\/span> <\/span>Barry &<\/span> Elizabeth
\n<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

shimmering pines
\na taste of the mountain
\nfrom your cupped hands<\/em><\/p>\n

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<\/span>……………………………………… by peggy willis lyles<\/span><\/p>\n

\n<\/blockquote>\n

deep autumn
\nthe gleam of his wedding band
\nas he tends the fire<\/p>\n

circle of pines \"yyS\"<\/span>
\nGod absent
\nfrom the wedding vows<\/p>\n

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\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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……………………………………………. by carolyn hall <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n<\/span><\/p>\n

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wedding reception \u2013
\nthe weight of her bottle
\non the lip of my cup<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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<\/span>……………………………………….. by michael dylan welch<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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wind and rain
\nthe hand I reach for
\nin the dark<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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………………………………………. by peggy willis lyles <\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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silently
\nshe lures me to the kitchen
\npeeled tangerine<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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it’s pink! it’s purple! <\/span>\"femaleSym\" <\/span>\"maleSym\" <\/span> <\/span>
\nsunset inspires <\/span>
\nmore bickering<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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…………………………………… by david giacalone<\/span><\/p>\n

dizzy from<\/span>
\nthe altar wine…
\n“i do”<\/span><\/p>\n

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honeymoon night <\/span>
\n the sex
\njust sex<\/span><\/p>\n

\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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<\/span>honeymoon photo <\/span><\/span>
\n <\/span>a mountain path ascends
\n <\/span>into the mist<\/span><\/p>\n

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junk drawer
\nunder a pile of tangled laces
\nour wedding portrait<\/p>\n

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<\/span><\/span> <\/span>\"embraceGS\" <\/span> <\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span>………………………………………………. by ed markowski <\/span><\/p>\n

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mother-in-law\u2026
\nhe adjusts the sprinkler
\nfor the fourth time<\/p>\n

two petals
\nleft on the daisy…
\nher furrowed brow<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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………………………….. by laryalee fraser<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

late night rain\u2013
\nhe reads to me from the book
\nI read to him<\/p>\n

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leaves turned to gold —
\nhe still know all the words
\nto that old love song<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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<\/span>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. by Billie Wilson <\/span>\"\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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planting bulbs
\nthe ring I gave you
\nin sunlight<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

mountain lake-
\nbasking
\nin your reflection<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

sunrise
\nwe lower
\nthe blinds<\/p>\n

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<\/span>……………………………………. by Yu Chang <\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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shifting clouds
\nI twist
\nmy wedding ring<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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<\/span> <\/span>\u2026\u2026……………………………..\u2026. by pamela miller ness<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/span> <\/span> <\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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flea market- <\/span>\"maleSym\" <\/span>\"femaleSym\" <\/span>
\nseeing my old shirt
\non her new husband<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

another argument unfolds the futon<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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……………………………………………………………. by W.F. Owen<\/span><\/p>\n

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at the height
\nof the argument the old couple
\npour each other tea<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The beetle I righted
\nflies straight into
\na cobweb<\/p>\n

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<\/span><\/span>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026…………………..\u2026\u2026. by George Swede<\/span><\/p>\n

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ceremony over
\nthe bride unveils
\nher tattoo<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

family picnic
\nthe new wife’s rump
\nbigger than mine<\/p>\n

early spring walk
\nyour hand
\nin my pocket<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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…………………………………………….. by roberta beary \"\"
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

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This haiku collection is presented to celebrate the August 2007 marriage of Elizabeth and Barry.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Acknowledgments<\/strong>:
\nRoberta Beary<\/em>: Simply Haiku; Modern Haiku
\nYu Chang<\/em>: Heron\u2019s Nest; Upstate Dim Sum
\nCarolyn Hall<\/em>: Frogpond;The Heron\u2019s Nest
\nLaryalee Fraser<\/em>: Shiki Kukai; Clouds Peak
\nDavid Giacalone<\/em>: Frogpond; HSA Mem Antholgy
\nPeggy Lyles<\/em>: To Hear the Rain (2002)
\nPamela Ness<\/em>: Raw NervZ
\nW.F. Owen<\/em>: Frogpond; Bottle Rockets
\nGeorge Swede<\/em>: Almost Unseen (2000)
\nMichael Dylan Welch<\/em>: Frogpond
\nBillie Wilson<\/em>: Mayfly; Frogpond<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

– Ed Markowski<\/em>: specially commissioned –<\/p>\n

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