{"id":8738,"date":"2007-12-26T11:21:33","date_gmt":"2007-12-26T16:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/12\/26\/a-firefly-under-my-tree\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:53:34","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:53:34","slug":"a-firefly-under-my-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/12\/26\/a-firefly-under-my-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"a firefly under my tree"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/font>D<\/strong>on’t forget<\/em>: Our holiday gifts to you: Two 12-page, printable 2008 calendars, the kitschy f\/k\/a Haiga Memories Calendar<\/em><\/a><\/strong> and the artsy Giacalone Haiga Calendar 2008<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, which feature a photo and linked poem for each month. Read more here.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

T<\/em><\/strong>hanks to a thoughtful haijin friend, one present under dagosan’s Christmas Tree was \u201cLanterns: a firefly anthology<\/a><\/strong><\/em>\u201d (Edited by Stanford M. Forrester, Bottle Rockets Press, 2007). Stan Forrester has collected 77 firefly haiku by “53 of the haiku community\u2019s top poets” in this 5 x 6.5-inch perfectbound anthology.<\/p>\n

I’ve always loved fireflies — whether it’s a lone male signalling for a mate in late spring, or a multitude creating a spectacular lightshow on a steamy August night — and have written quite a few haiku on the subject. Naturally, I was honored when Stan choose one of them for this collection.<\/p>\n

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cloud-covered night\u2013
\nno moon, no fireflies,
\nno goodnight kiss<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 by david giacalone, Lanterns<\/em><\/a> (2007) <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As with all my haiku reading (as opposed to my ice cream consumption), I’m more likely to dip briefly into this lovely little book for a quick snack of firefly poems, rather than binge on the full buffet in one sitting. No matter how you approach it, though, there are bright delights to be found throughout Lanterns<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Nine of the 53 poets featured in Lanterns<\/em> are f\/k\/a<\/em> Honored Guest Poets<\/a>: in alphabetical order, Roberta Beary, Randy Brooks, Yu Chang, Gary Hotham, Jim Kacian, Peggy Willis Lyles, Ed Markowski, Tom Painting, and George Swede. Here are the dozen poems that they contributed to this first-of-a-kind Firefly Anthology:<\/p>\n

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as far as the light goes —
\nmy daughter goes
\nafter the firefly<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

among the fireflies —
\nthe children playing past
\ntheir bedtime<\/p>\n

………………. Gary Hotham
\n“among the fireflies –” – Bare Feet<\/em>
\n“as far as the light goes –” – Windchimes<\/em> #26<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

firefly lifts off
\nfrom her open palm
\nanother rain drop<\/p>\n

……………….. Randy Brooks <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

dawn breeze —
\nit flickers, then goes out
\nthe firefly<\/p>\n

…………….. George Swede<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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lights out
\n. . . the firefly
\ninside<\/p>\n

…………….. Peggy Willis Lyles
\nHSA Henderson Award 1980<\/a> Hon. Men.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

<\/p>\n

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memorial day
\nhe turns his back
\nto the fireflies<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

late innings
\nthe shortstop backpedals
\ninto fireflies<\/p>\n

………………… ed markowski
\n“late innings” – Baseball Haiku<\/em> (2007)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

on my finger
\nthe firefly
\nputs out its light<\/p>\n

so much silence
\non a path
\nlit by fireflies<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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…………….. Roberta Beary
\n“on my finger” – Shiki Internet Kukai<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

broken lamp
\nthrough the briar bush
\nfireflies<\/p>\n

………………. Yu Chang – from Reflections 2<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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paint flaking
\nfrom the porch rail
\nfirefliess<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

…………. Tom Painting<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

closing my eyes —
\na firefly
\nstill there<\/p>\n

……….. Jim Kacian <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Don’t forget: Our holiday gifts to you: Two 12-page, printable 2008 calendars, the kitschy f\/k\/a Haiga Memories Calendar and the artsy Giacalone Haiga Calendar 2008, which feature a photo and linked poem for each month. Read more here. Thanks to a thoughtful haijin friend, one present under dagosan’s Christmas Tree was \u201cLanterns: a firefly anthology\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[555,1414],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-haiku-or-senryu","category-qs-quickies"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6kP1R-2gW","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8738"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12372,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8738\/revisions\/12372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}