Tag: Acceptance

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we hold the door

we hold the door
for older people
memories of Mom

My poem was published in the book They Gave Us Life: Celebrating Mothers, Fathers & Others in Haiku; Edited by Robert Epstein (2017, Middle Island Press).

Photos in my post today are courtesy of wpclipart.

Ellen Grace Olinger

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Beauty and Hope

Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.

Psalm 25:1 (KJV)

Photo credit: Ellen Grace Olinger

From my post, Simple Beauty At Home – February 5, 2018

Peach on canvas is courtesy of wpclipart.

From my post, Images and Notes – February 8, 2019

tree branches
bowed to the ground
seemingly half-broken
covered with new leaves
my notebook of prayers

Poem by Ellen Grace Olinger

Tree Branches – March 31, 2017

Violets & Lily of the Valley image is courtesy of Reusable Art.

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Two New Poems – April 2019

BOOKS

there was a time
when the book
did not exist

perhaps in the
writer’s heart and
mind

yet still the process
to create for others
to read in some form

there was a time
when the reader
did not know

the book exists
yet once found
is read and reread

treasured forever
among many books

“GIVE US THIS DAY”

healthy food
and more exercise
as the weather
is more like Spring

blood pressure monitor
on my desk and 
mail from Medicare
on the kitchen table

Spring appointments
on my calendar
and grateful for care
both kind and good

poetry in the mail too
and a shelf of memoirs
from thrift stores to read
food for the soul

Give us this day our daily bread.
Matthew 6: 11 (KJV)

Ellen Grace Olinger

Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin

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