Blooming of the Lillies
The sight and smell of the flowers growing all over the grounds of Chautauqua Institution remind me of the new births at Springtime and the celebration of life during Easter.
Scott Morgan
Buffalo, NY
Blooming of the Lillies
The sight and smell of the flowers growing all over the grounds of Chautauqua Institution remind me of the new births at Springtime and the celebration of life during Easter.
Scott Morgan
Buffalo, NY
Blooming of the Lillies—CHQ 2020
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Blooming of the Lillies
Yes
Elayna
Lincoln Nebraska
Blooming of the Lillies
Yes
Elayna
Lincoln Nebraska
Blooming of the Lillies—CHQ 2020
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Blooming of the Lillies
yuyh
ok
chelsea
Blooming of the Lillies
yuyh
ok
chelsea
Blooming of the Lillies—CHQ 2020
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Blooming of the Lillies
The wall of open simple windows
Sees the sailboats swoon tonight
Lisa Burns
LAKEWOOD
Blooming of the Lillies
The wall of open simple windows
Sees the sailboats swoon tonight
Lisa Burns
LAKEWOOD
Blooming of the Lillies—CHQ 2020
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Blooming of the Lillies
you heard yelling and sirens all arouns you began to islolate your self because you was afraid
Faith Fair
checotah ok
Blooming of the Lillies
you heard yelling and sirens all arouns you began to islolate your self because you was afraid
Faith Fair
checotah ok
Blooming of the Lillies—CHQ 2020
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Blooming of the Lillies
I love when I go to work case it fells like home. The works feel like family.
Isabel Lojano
Doral
Blooming of the Lillies
I love when I go to work case it fells like home. The works feel like family.
Isabel Lojano
Doral
Blooming of the Lillies—CHQ 2020
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Blooming of the Lillies
SNAPSHOT/ the taste of planet earth 2098
a journal page left abandoned
ripped from a book or perhaps spit
from some detailed daily account
where thought and event
were scrolled, captured in verse
by something or someone
wracked with pain and the virus dreaded
by many. under beans of crescent moon,
words and echoes
become somewhat visible,
able to now articulate the stench
of how death crawled from street
to curb to home. old and weathered
like a stormy sky
phrases circle from a sudden wind
push from insipid hands,
make attempts to share sentences.
notice how blue ink fades continuously,
as virus grow across the lines
spread to browned grasses and concrete
staining it with human and animal blood
continuously it gnaws through bodies
embeds into limbs and skin.
there is the evidence of a world war,
seizures, disease, screaming voices
and misplaced limbs
left in a trail of vaporized earth
remnants of millions spread side to side
as more and more infection paints this page
and everyone who touches it
becomes its host
feel how the page rests in obscurity.
waits for a response, for someone to read
between ignored lines
and taste the aftermath of final war. to gaze
upon this snapshot, retell this sight
repulsive and alarming.
because forgetting it
will taste so much worse
ave jeanne ventresca
Bucks County, PA
Blooming of the Lillies
SNAPSHOT/ the taste of planet earth 2098
a journal page left abandoned
ripped from a book or perhaps spit
from some detailed daily account
where thought and event
were scrolled, captured in verse
by something or someone
wracked with pain and the virus dreaded
by many. under beans of crescent moon,
words and echoes
become somewhat visible,
able to now articulate the stench
of how death crawled from street
to curb to home. old and weathered
like a stormy sky
phrases circle from a sudden wind
push from insipid hands,
make attempts to share sentences.
notice how blue ink fades continuously,
as virus grow across the lines
spread to browned grasses and concrete
staining it with human and animal blood
continuously it gnaws through bodies
embeds into limbs and skin.
there is the evidence of a world war,
seizures, disease, screaming voices
and misplaced limbs
left in a trail of vaporized earth
remnants of millions spread side to side
as more and more infection paints this page
and everyone who touches it
becomes its host
feel how the page rests in obscurity.
waits for a response, for someone to read
between ignored lines
and taste the aftermath of final war. to gaze
upon this snapshot, retell this sight
repulsive and alarming.
because forgetting it
will taste so much worse
ave jeanne ventresca
Bucks County, PA
Blooming of the Lillies—CHQ 2020
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Blooming of the Lillies
yoyoyo ayy wassup lillies hella fire i stuck one up my ass once
Yung chikn
Chicago, Florida
Blooming of the Lillies
yoyoyo ayy wassup lillies hella fire i stuck one up my ass once
Yung chikn
Chicago, Florida
Blooming of the Lillies—CHQ 2020
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Blooming of the Lillies
Worrying wall
Allen
pennsylvania
Blooming of the Lillies
Worrying wall
Allen
pennsylvania
Blooming of the Lillies—CHQ 2020
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Blooming of the Lillies
The drip-drop of light rain
Which can quickly become a rushing wall of water falling upon the earth
Maddie
Aptos
Blooming of the Lillies
The drip-drop of light rain
Which can quickly become a rushing wall of water falling upon the earth
Maddie
Aptos
Blooming of the Lillies—CHQ 2020
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Blooming of the Lillies
Watching the children run and play hearing soft voices seems miles away, looking toward the garden spot at the smiling little faces planting their seeds as they themselves blooming like lilies in the valley.
Barbara
Trafford
Blooming of the Lillies
Watching the children run and play hearing soft voices seems miles away, looking toward the garden spot at the smiling little faces planting their seeds as they themselves blooming like lilies in the valley.
Barbara
Trafford
Blooming of the Lillies—CHQ 2020
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Blooming of the Lillies
The love of thousand hearts they bear
True to the call of each one fair
All are one in a moment of silence.
Reflecting together a mirrored alliance.
Mary Mattson
Watkinsville, GA
Blooming of the Lillies
The love of thousand hearts they bear
True to the call of each one fair
All are one in a moment of silence.
Reflecting together a mirrored alliance.
Mary Mattson
Watkinsville, GA
Blooming of the Lillies—CHQ 2020
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Blooming of the Lillies
Reflected in her eyes, The dying sky as white lilies go up in flames, Iridescence playing on her heart, She falls asleep with whispers, Caressed by breathless plains
Khalesi Love
A Place Far Away, Deep In The Stars
Blooming of the Lillies
Reflected in her eyes, The dying sky as white lilies go up in flames, Iridescence playing on her heart, She falls asleep with whispers, Caressed by breathless plains
Khalesi Love
A Place Far Away, Deep In The Stars
Blooming of the Lillies—CHQ 2020
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Blooming of the Lillies
Soft as whisper, tender as sigh,
At tips of toes a-creeping
Where fields of buds yet sleeping
In dreamless, stillness, drifting nigh
Ebbs and flows like lingering scent
Teasing thoughts but half-remembered
Breathes half-caught, dreams untendered
Formless shadow, skyward bent
Nothing pains for naught can shame
Such unconstrained, pure spirit free
Untouched, untethered, simply be
Soul untamed, unfettered flame
Christeph
Mullingar
Blooming of the Lillies
Soft as whisper, tender as sigh,
At tips of toes a-creeping
Where fields of buds yet sleeping
In dreamless, stillness, drifting nigh
Ebbs and flows like lingering scent
Teasing thoughts but half-remembered
Breathes half-caught, dreams untendered
Formless shadow, skyward bent
Nothing pains for naught can shame
Such unconstrained, pure spirit free
Untouched, untethered, simply be
Soul untamed, unfettered flame
Christeph
Mullingar
Blooming of the Lillies—CHQ 2020
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Blooming of the Lillies
Walls of brick and iron
do shade a bit of grass. Though ample water at the 12 o'clock gives sheltered trees a limitless drink.
Bill
Several
Blooming of the Lillies
Walls of brick and iron
do shade a bit of grass. Though ample water at the 12 o'clock gives sheltered trees a limitless drink.
Bill
Several
Blooming of the Lillies—CHQ 2020
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Blooming of the Lillies
Water rolls like one sound wave
Round and fast in endless movement
One breaks, falls away
No judgment just smoothment.
One wave into the next
Gently meets the shore
Under the bell tower
Waiting its turn to chime in
Becoming one sound wave.
Tracy McKee
Cavendish, Vermont
Blooming of the Lillies
Water rolls like one sound wave
Round and fast in endless movement
One breaks, falls away
No judgment just smoothment.
One wave into the next
Gently meets the shore
Under the bell tower
Waiting its turn to chime in
Becoming one sound wave.
Tracy McKee
Cavendish, Vermont
Blooming of the Lillies—CHQ 2020
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Blooming of the Lillies
The smell of morning coffee as I anticipate the day, surrounded by folks whose values make me feel safe to express myself and to explore.
Kay Kite
Seattle
Blooming of the Lillies
The smell of morning coffee as I anticipate the day, surrounded by folks whose values make me feel safe to express myself and to explore.
Kay Kite
Seattle
Blooming of the Lillies—CHQ 2020
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That first moment when we emerge from the Athenaeum Hotel and are truly present in Chautauqua. Our minds and ourselves, released from the ordinary, surrender to the enchantment of Chautauqua.
Rebecca Boorady
Erie, PA
That first moment when we emerge from the Athenaeum Hotel and are truly present in Chautauqua. Our minds and ourselves, released from the ordinary, surrender to the enchantment of Chautauqua.
Rebecca Boorady
Erie, PA
Blooming of the Lillies—CHQ 2020
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Blooming of the Lillies
Hail to the wild multichroma!
Sweetest mingling of voices!
The love of a million blooms they bear
The justice of equal access.
Heidi Mordhorst
Montgomery County, MD
Blooming of the Lillies
Hail to the wild multichroma!
Sweetest mingling of voices!
The love of a million blooms they bear
The justice of equal access.
Heidi Mordhorst
Montgomery County, MD
Blooming of the Lillies—CHQ 2020
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Blooming of the Lillies
Chautauquan literary ground is
home to efflorescence.
May’s lilies transcend pandemic,
yield Pomegranate’s
invocation of Palestine.
Dawn Marar
Delmar, NY
Blooming of the Lillies
Chautauquan literary ground is
home to efflorescence.
May’s lilies transcend pandemic,
yield Pomegranate’s
invocation of Palestine.
Dawn Marar
Delmar, NY
Blooming of the Lillies—CHQ 2020
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Blooming of the Lillies
O sweet lily, my own mother's dear name, forever be gift glory eternal.
Lynne G
Plymouth
Blooming of the Lillies
O sweet lily, my own mother's dear name, forever be gift glory eternal.
Lynne G
Plymouth
Blooming of the Lillies—CHQ 2020
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Blooming of the Lillies
The good of this day
becomes the lush blue of night
and brings me to the edge of tomorrow
Laraine Kentridge Lasdon
Austin
Blooming of the Lillies
The good of this day
becomes the lush blue of night
and brings me to the edge of tomorrow
Laraine Kentridge Lasdon
Austin
Blooming of the Lillies—CHQ 2020
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Blooming of the Lillies
Find the unpaved path, trickling brook banks shale shattered, jigsawed, imprinted by the Age of Fishes.
Kim Siegelson
Atlanta
Blooming of the Lillies
Find the unpaved path, trickling brook banks shale shattered, jigsawed, imprinted by the Age of Fishes.
Kim Siegelson
Atlanta
Blooming of the Lillies—CHQ 2020
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Blooming of the Lillies
My sense of smell has been altered
I can no longer remember the fragrant smell of the lilies that I inhaled
Jan
Little Rock
Blooming of the Lillies
My sense of smell has been altered
I can no longer remember the fragrant smell of the lilies that I inhaled
Jan
Little Rock
Blooming of the Lillies—CHQ 2020
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Blooming of the Lillies
Rocking back and forth on the porch looking on as dancers gracefully glide in and through the air and music surrounds us all. peace on earth.
Christie
San Diego
Blooming of the Lillies
Rocking back and forth on the porch looking on as dancers gracefully glide in and through the air and music surrounds us all. peace on earth.
Christie
San Diego
Blooming of the Lillies—CHQ 2020
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Blooming of the Lillies
they bring comfort to grief, reminding us of love
kate
Blooming of the Lillies
they bring comfort to grief, reminding us of love
kate
Blooming of the Lillies—CHQ 2020
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Blooming of the Lillies
Sweat dripping on the torrid lawn
blends with a cherry freeze pop.
Sticky fingers lift blades of grass
wiped on shorts, borne to a tree-top.
Wesley
Berkeley
Blooming of the Lillies
Sweat dripping on the torrid lawn
blends with a cherry freeze pop.
Sticky fingers lift blades of grass
wiped on shorts, borne to a tree-top.
Wesley
Berkeley
Blooming of the Lillies—CHQ 2020
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Blooming of the Lillies
To spare lives Chautauqua has paid a great price;
J. Sandburg
Palm Beach
Blooming of the Lillies
To spare lives Chautauqua has paid a great price;
J. Sandburg
Palm Beach
Blooming of the Lillies—CHQ 2020
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Blooming of the Lillies
The power of the word
Sounds a call to all who hear,
The music of the bird
Playing soft upon the ear
Blooming of the Lillies
The power of the word
Sounds a call to all who hear,
The music of the bird
Playing soft upon the ear
Blooming of the Lillies—CHQ 2020
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Blooming of the Lillies
White lilies,
What of the deep orange lilies their red interiors a dance of life,
Holding court in our summer garden, and the yellow full of passion
Waiting waiting for our return
M.C. West
Naples, FL
M.C. West
Naples
Blooming of the Lillies
White lilies,
What of the deep orange lilies their red interiors a dance of life,
Holding court in our summer garden, and the yellow full of passion
Waiting waiting for our return
M.C. West
Naples, FL
M.C. West
Naples
Blooming of the Lillies—CHQ 2020
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Blooming of the Lillies
The lapping of the lake
Laura
Franklin PA
Blooming of the Lillies
The lapping of the lake
Laura
Franklin PA
Blooming of the Lillies—CHQ 2020
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Blooming of the Lillies
Oh lilies how could you know,
That the Amphitheater so new,
Would sit, repining for the crowds
And the sounds of applause too?
Marja Coons-Torn
Orchard Park
Blooming of the Lillies
Oh lilies how could you know,
That the Amphitheater so new,
Would sit, repining for the crowds
And the sounds of applause too?
Marja Coons-Torn
Orchard Park
Blooming of the Lillies—CHQ 2020
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Blooming of the Lillies
Hail to the fair white lilies, That billow in the wind, rippling 'cross the sea so fair
Lisa
Rochester, NY
Blooming of the Lillies
Hail to the fair white lilies, That billow in the wind, rippling 'cross the sea so fair
Lisa
Rochester, NY
Blooming of the Lillies—CHQ 2020
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Blooming of the Lillies
Silence, stillness, freezing rain. A December before / the world changed. Porches quilted. A white-cap / lake. Good people, guardians, holding the fort, / ready for anything.
TJ
Birmingham, Alabama
Blooming of the Lillies
Silence, stillness, freezing rain. A December before / the world changed. Porches quilted. A white-cap / lake. Good people, guardians, holding the fort, / ready for anything.
TJ
Birmingham, Alabama
Blooming of the Lillies—CHQ 2020
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Blooming of the Lillies
Listening to the Massey Organ, vibrating with translucent piccolissimo and basso profundo, I hold hands with my father in kairos time.
Welling Hall
Richmond, Indiana
Blooming of the Lillies
Listening to the Massey Organ, vibrating with translucent piccolissimo and basso profundo, I hold hands with my father in kairos time.
Welling Hall
Richmond, Indiana
Blooming of the Lillies—CHQ 2020
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Blooming of the Lillies
Dear Palestine Park, you are really looking sharp this summer, mowed up and cared for by the hands that keep this land carefully compliant. Who will tell your stories now?
Pomegranate
Beit Jala
Blooming of the Lillies
Dear Palestine Park, you are really looking sharp this summer, mowed up and cared for by the hands that keep this land carefully compliant. Who will tell your stories now?
Pomegranate
Beit Jala
Blooming of the Lillies—CHQ 2020
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