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A Lily Light Afternoon
by
Máire Morrissey-Cummins A shaft of sunshine
streams through magnolia clouds
glides over a sleepy village
streaks shadows on patchwork meadows
and warms textured straw bales
wrapped in harvest light.
Milk laden cows
graze clover fields
as sheep stud the hillside.
Sprinting brambles
prickle wild hedgerows
swollen with purple fleshy fruits.
Song birds bolt
from beech to sycamore
humming melodies
blossoming the breeze
on a lily light afternoon.
© by Máire Morrissey-Cummins.
Used with the author's permission. |
Maire (pronounced Moira) Morrissey Cummins lives in the valley of the mountains in West Cork, Ireland, where she paints watercolors for mindfulness and planted 4-acre garden to keep busy in her next decade. She continues to live close to nature and still publishes haiku, her favorite poetry genre, as well as longer poems, in print and online journals around the world. Maire's art work occasionally adorns the covers of poetry books, and she often sells some at year end, donating the profits to local charities.
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wayne.goodling@yahoo.com:
Maire, Thank you for this thing of beauty.
Posted 07/09/2026 09:30 AM
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Jo:
Your lovely poem made the Irish countryside come back so vividly, beautifully. I lived it again today in your poem.
Posted 07/09/2011 06:50 PM
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Rachael Stanley:
This poem sings of the joy of all created things and the beauty of the natural world. A joy to read. Rachael Stanley
Posted 07/09/2011 04:35 PM
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Eiken:
To everyone who left a comment, my heartfelt thanks and to Jayne, the Editor of his wonderful daily poem website, thank you for choosing one of my poems, I appreciate it. Maire x
Posted 07/09/2011 03:05 PM
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Susanna Dunne:
A wanderful Haiku Maire enriched with
the beauty of nature and all things very grand.
A perfect picture Maire
I really enjoyed reading
Your fabulous poem.
A Lilly Light Afternoon.
Posted 07/09/2011 02:05 PM
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Rachel:
Well done you! Beautiful words creating gorgeous images :) (Need some emoticoms here lol)
Rachel
Posted 07/09/2011 11:01 AM
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Carol Hauer:
So rich in luscious imagery. I am satiated with the drowsy beauty of your summer day. I'd like to stay there for a long time.
Posted 07/09/2011 10:10 AM
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Helen Simcox:
Uplifting and beautiful, your appreciation of nature shines through.
Posted 07/09/2011 10:04 AM
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Rob:
Evokes a sense of peace and beauty! Makes me want to visit Ireland again :)
Posted 07/09/2011 06:54 AM
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EamonOC:
This beautiful feast of the sensual lifted me in heart and soul. Thank you.
Posted 07/09/2011 05:19 AM
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BARBARA :
A rich and evocative poem about the countryside...
A song of celebration for Irish rural abundance.
Lovely one!
Posted 07/09/2011 05:07 AM
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Buttercup:
A really beautiful and evocative poem Maire. I love it.
Posted 07/09/2011 05:03 AM
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