Chen-ou Liu's Translation Project: First English-Chinese Haiku and Tanka Blog

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Memorial Haiku

For Peggy Willis Lyles (September 17, 1939 – September 3, 2010)
who helped me publish my first English language haiku

starlight
red leaves fall
into a poem

(alluding to Peggy's haiku: into the afterlife red leaves)

Published in Ripples from a Splash
Reprinted on PoemHunter (May 2, 2012)

Note: I’ve only known Peggy since 2009 through email correspondence with her concerning my haiku submission. Peggy’s insightful suggestions, patience, and caring helped me find my own voice.

She will be deeply missed and her beautifully-crafted poems will live on.