Dr. Ellen Grace Olinger – Journal Notes Blog

new poem

sometimes when I pray
before a meal, I remember
my grandmother’s prayers
in Swedish, and her voice

country roads
signs of change
in the landscape
and sky

yard overgrown
with plants
for bees
and butterflies

so much can wait
one step at a time
so much gets done

September 2019

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early morning
light on an old painting
in a new place

by Ellen Grace Olinger

My poem was published by hedgerow: a journal of small poems #136, 2021, edited by Caroline Skanne. Reprinted at Charlotte Digregorio’s Writer’s Blog.

last week in April
and music is new
bird songs

clouds and yet
enough light
to fill a jam jar
with the last
of the carnations

morning light
on a December morning
blue sky and clouds
in the window
above my printer

morning light
in late Fall
a place on the wall
for a new small
painting

sometimes it seems
the older I grow
the more simple
my poems become

and yet they are
supported by years
all the ways life
challenges and grows

and I am grateful
for every day
and look forward
by God’s grace