Ellen Grace Olinger
Holy week
lily flowers
wait to bloom
sometimes by sight
in my life of faith
apple trees in bloom
Time of Singing (Spring 2014)
Reprinted by Gene Meyers in his column, Celebrating Holy Week with Christian Haiku (2016), at the Haiku Society of America.
“Holy Week” was selected for my Poet Profile page in the Haiku Registry, at The Haiku Foundation.
Haiku are by Ellen Grace Olinger.
childhood memories
of singing in the choir
Palm Sunday
tiny leaves
on trees
no prayer
in my heart
too small for God
old and new
memories grow together
Spring flowers and trees
lily of the valley
fragrance of forgiveness
memories of love
losses in life
low setting sun
through branches of trees
now rises again
as birds quietly sing
Sunday rest
prayers and gifts
of Winter with
new hope
for Spring
praying the Psalms
and reading poetry
books and journals
I write new poems
about everyday life
Ellen Grace Olinger
writing and reading
I don’t see the dust . . .
then seeing I remember
and know He does not forget
and understands with Love
For he knoweth our frame;
he remembereth we are dust.
Psalm 103: 14 (KJV)
And he shall be like a tree
planted by the rivers of water,
that bringeth forth his fruit in his season;
his leaf also shall not wither;
and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
Psalm 1: 3 (KJV)
March begins
shape of sun on my desk
a placemat for my lamp
near the garage
on a cold March day
bird songs
soon the garden
will begin in small ways
snowdrops
Poems by Ellen Grace Olinger
February light
on the trees
easy to imagine
their new growth
in Spring
