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reading poetry

What do you enjoy doing most in your leisure time?
Daily writing prompt

reading poetry
from another time
the newness
of another cycle
of seasons

Ellen Grace Olinger
February 2013 and January 2023
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Write about your first name: its meaning, significance, etymology, etc.
Daily Prompt

My first name is in honor of my father’s mother. His parents were from Sweden and I remember them well.

In what ways do you communicate online?
Daily Prompt

I am grateful for our blogs with WordPress.com. Soon I will be creating new posts for Easter And Spring Poetry.

Think back on your most memorable road trip.
Daily Prompt

Years ago, and for several years, I drove from our small town to the Milwaukee area (Wisconsin USA) to help with my mother’s care.

groceries for Mom
fresh flowers
always on the list

another year
has passed since
my mother’s passing
I sit and quietly read
a book she would like too

lily gardens
in January

I remember
their flowers
in July

and perhaps
because they
will bloom again

now is beautiful too

asked here and there
if we go South
for a time

we stay

seasons
snowdrops

Ellen Grace Olinger – January 25, 2018
POEMS FROM OOSTBURG, WISCONSIN