Butterfly Dream: Turtle Haiku by Peggy Willis Lyles

in memory of Peggy Willis Lyles who helped me publish my first English language haiku


English Original

Indian summer
a turtle on a turtle
on a rock                                                                                  

Heron's Nest Award winner, 3:10, December 2001

Peggy Willis Lyles


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

秋老虎
一隻烏龜在一隻烏龜上
在一塊岩石上

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

秋老虎
一只乌龟在一只乌龟上
在一块岩石上


Bio Sketch

Peggy Willis Lyles was born in Summerville, South Carolina, on September 17, 1939. She died in Tucker, Georgia on September 3, 2010. A former English professor, she was a leading haiku writer for over 30 years -- helping bring many readers and writers into the haiku community -- excerpted from To Hear the Rain: Selected Haiku of Peggy Lyles edited by  Randy M . Brooks

 

 

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Below is excerpted from The Heron's Nest's announcement of The Peggy Willis Lyles Haiku Award:

 

Isaac Newton reputedly claimed, "If I have seen further it is only by standing on the shoulders of giants." By any measure, Peggy Willis Lyles was a giant presence in the world of English-language haiku during the last quarter of the twentieth century and the first decade of this century. Those who came to know and admire Peggy's published work were enriched by the encounter. The scores of fortunate poets-from newcomers to veterans-who corresponded with Peggy at her "turtlerock" email address during her eight years as an editor with The Heron's Nest were even more profoundly rewarded through their firsthand experience of her incisive intellect and her generous spirit.