sunrise
a sky Georgia O’Keeffe
would paint
Saturday afternoon
yellow flowers
on a table in the sun
near the garage
on a cold March day
bird songs

sunrise
a sky Georgia O’Keeffe
would paint
Saturday afternoon
yellow flowers
on a table in the sun
near the garage
on a cold March day
bird songs
small study
and books to read
days with longer light
Psalms to pray
and poems to read
sun on seawalls
“small study” was published by:
Akitsu Quarterly, Spring 2022
Robin White, Editor
Charlotte Digregorio’s Writer’s Blog
May 10, 2022
Our Garden: The Haiku Foundation Volunteer Anthology 2022, edited by Jim Kacian & Julie Bloss Kelsey
The Haiku Foundation, Winchester VA
“Psalms to pray” was published by:
Dawn Returns The Haiku Society of America 2022 Members’ Anthology, John J. Han, Editor
Haiku Society of America, New York
I began this site on March 11, 2017 with the first blessing recorded in a handwritten journal, inspired by One Thousand Gifts, by Ann Voskamp (2010, Zondervan). I wrote, “raindrops on branches of the birch tree December 2012.”
Recently I bought the 10th Anniversary Edition of One Thousand Gifts. I wished to read the “Introduction for the 10th anniversary edition the gift of grace upon grace,” written by Ann Voskamp in late October 2020. And I like the ribbon bookmark. The Page for the book at Ann’s site has a picture of the cover and more information.
I will share more in a future post. Writing haiku is often a record of blessings for me.
spruce tree branches
by the windows
each day a painting
Ellen Grace Olinger
WestWard Quarterly, Winter 2021
What would you do if you won the lottery?
Daily writing prompt
M ay
E veryone who can
R emember and
C onsider
Y our children in need
MERCY
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Matthew 5: 7 (KJV)
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.
lily gardens
in January
I remember
their flowers
in July
and perhaps
because they
will bloom again
now is beautiful too
January 3, 2023
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin