sometimes when I pray
before a meal, I remember
my grandmother’s prayers
in Swedish, and her voice
new poem
work at my desk
work at my desk
blue jay visits
a tree in the yard
reading poems
reading poems
by Emily Dickinson
flowers I know too
reading poems by Emily
a new flower for me –
the gentian
September 2020
500 Posts Review
country roads
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
500 Posts Blog Review
500 Posts
Congratulations on writing 500 posts on Journal Notes Blog!
they form the shape
they form the shape
of a butterfly
two gold leaves
early morning
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.
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