T H E W I L D L I L Y I N S T I T U T E
Three Sisters Stew
Saint Augustine
in all of twenty-two rows
grew corn and beans,
squash and savory;
like mist over the plains,
their Three Sisters Stew
a staple of the North,
and Indian stature
of wombs with eyes
to gaze into the
heart of the earthly and
divine:
each child
a new planet
into the constellation
of sun, wind, and tears.
-- Emily Isaacson
What is Three Sister's Stew?
Made from three sisters: corn, beans and squash it was a staple of the First Nations People.
What is Three Sister's Stew?
Made from three sisters: corn, beans and squash it was a staple of the First Nations People.
Quote . . .
Quote . . .
"But she lives; for great poets do not die; they are continuing presences;
they need only the opportunity to walk among us in the flesh."
-- Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own
Welcome!
Welcome!
AGELESS
AGELESS
David walking in the garden,
the morning sun his illumination,
taking all he professes
as the keys to the gate of love:
his is a steady gaze to Abigail.
We must pass through Old Jerusalem
to find what is eternal,
to sing eternity of the olive tree, a psalm.
The copper key opens the bronze gate.
The horses in the stables of David are seven hundred,
and the thunder of their hooves
repeats upon the desert.
Where am I, standing in the sand of time,
that I might drink of the waters
of your leafy oasis;
in a palace of stone ramparts
my soul runs dry
while your compatriots pour
the wine.
Thus my sacred certainty
of the next life: paradisal doves
rose into the sky, taking to docile flight,
swimming across the blue—
that this righteousness
could not be traded for fine silver.
--Emily Isaacson ( 2017, O Canada )
Poetry from ages past. . .
Poetry from ages past. . .
This year the family home where Emily Isaacson lived for 4 years while writing The Fleur-de-lis sold. This memorable house at the foor of Bear Mountain was known as the Headley Homestead for 25 years and had many visitors to its prayerful and quiet woodland location.
Now visit an original 2006 website,
which has been kept intact in our archives:
VISIT INDIA PASSAGE: AN ORIGINAL SITE BY WLI
The Wild Lily Institute
The Wild Lily Institute
The philosophy of the Wild Lily is kindness.
Be kind to those who love you.
Be kind to those who don't understand you. . .
The Wild lily Vision
The Wild lily Vision
Bringing Poetry to Life with Multimedia Since 2005
What of the very dust of the earth when it is brittle and dry?
Could we not repent and our tears soak from
the sky, making wells in the desert.
--Emily Isaacson, A Familiar Shore
Own the Poetry Yourself
Own the Poetry Yourself
Hallmark
by Emily Isaacson
She predicted how to survive the recession,
on your creativity, colour, and romance . . .
Released in 2017!
What is a Wild Lily?
What is a Wild Lily?
Emily Carr wrote in her books about the fields of wild lilies in early British Columbia. If you are wondering what a wild lily is, well it refers in this case to any earth-bound lily in contrast to the gilded lily or fleur-de-lis.
Poetry Quote
Butterfly Tears
I once said I love you
and that love remains;
constant through years,
the blood in my veins.
I never will leave you,
be I poor or of wealth,
as the sun crosses the sky,
without guile, without stealth.
And though the ashes remain of our years,
they are sacred because of our butterfly tears.
--Emily Isaacson
Victoriana
The Lion and the Unicorn Tapestry Series
The Lion and the Unicorn Tapestry Series
Since 2006, this multimedia special attracted hundreds of thousands of visitors. It was inspired by the creation of online art with multimedia. Using the web as medium by a talented poet, photographer, and musician, it features authentic poetry and photography by Emily Isaacson.
Isaacson's Hourglass
Isaacson's Hourglass
Isaacson's Hourglass poetry
of the United Kingdom,
is emblazoned with its symbols,
character and resonance.
Written by Emily Isaacson,
it is poetry from her book
Victoriana.
Isaacson's Hourglass details the
poetry of a waning empire,
on the verge of transformation.
Over 1.5 Million Visits . . .
Over 1.5 Million Visits . . .
1 5 9, 4 2 7 visitors
1, 5 9 2 , 9 0 8 visits to All Wild Lily sites.
Spiritual Life
Spiritual Life
Take courage and find solace in your faith ...
Visit our page of encouragement
Visit our Recommended Reading List of the Month
Visit our Recommended Reading List of the Month
Visit here: December pics
Toward the replanting of a land—
once deserted, cold, and barren, still;
now citrus, and the olive, myrtle stand,
our pride in the distance, through the hills
spilling fine perfume and virgin oil.
Early songs still rise from temple mount
amid the prayers, centuries old toil.
--Emily Isaacson, The Replanting
House of Rain
The spiritual way ruins the body and, having ruined it,
restores it to prosperity:
Ruined the house for the sake of the golden treasure, and
with that same treasure builds it better than before;
Cut off the water and cleansed the river-bed, then
caused the drinking water to flow in it;
Cleft the skin and drew out the barb, then made fresh
skin grow over the wound;
Razed the fortress and took from it the infidel, then
reared thereon a hundred towers and ramparts.
—Rumi