Carol enjoyed the blogs and sharing her work with many readers. This is a post we created at Haiku Art Site for October 28, 2015.
Before the service –
an oriole carries my thoughts to God
and back
The first hymn –
we sing our way
into harmony
Prayer before soup
we unclasp our hands
to break bread
Driving away
whether or not to go home
by the usual road
Haiku by Carol Purington
Reprinted with her permission
All Rights Reserved
You may also wish to visit Carol’s poetry page at Woodslawn Farm.
Time of Singing poetry journal, edited by Lora Zill, has a new site. This print journal was one of the first to publish my poems, and I am grateful. Today I am reading the Winter 2020/21 issue (Volume 47, Number 3).
Here is an early poem.
birds perch
in sheltering branches
a grain of mustard seed
Matthew 13: 31–32 inspired my poem.
Published by Time of Singing (1995).
Poem by Ellen Grace Olinger
November afternoon
I have an appointment
with the light
in my study
dishes washed
and put away
time with poetry
in my study
some water
for the Christmas cactus
new buds grow
morning light
forms part of a cross
on the wood wall
my faith completes
the picture
pink clouds
span the horizon
seagulls take flight
stretching to read
new books
tiny leaves
on trees
no prayer
in my heart
too small for God
no longer
a stranger
the joy of being able
to share long stories
of this area
by grace we try
to keep a promise
finish a project
monarch butterflies
back in Wisconsin
My poems are from a Page at Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin. The page is Morning light – Tanka. (My pages there – my first site – are filed under MENU.)
It is Autumn here in Wisconsin, USA. I like creating posts around themes, as well as following our Midwest seasons.
sun on a vase
from my mother’s home
in the room where I write
she often asked,
“Are you writing?”
I wrote and posted this poem yesterday, with a different photo, at my primary site, Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin. And I enjoyed some time at the WordPress.com free photo library.
early fall
small brown blanket
from my mother’s home
adds beauty and warmth
to the sunroom
