Blessings – Journal Notes Blog

found an old journal

found an old journal
more blessings noted
than I knew

reading a book
I bought used
some time ago
words that bless
today

clouds and sky
spruce tree branches still
reading poems
that offer hope
and rest

daily grace
rice cooked
for the weekend
dishes washed
and light in my study

reading a book
I bought used
some time ago
words that bless
today

Creative at home
Ellen Grace Olinger

after the stores
ornamental grasses
in snow

Ion Codrescu’s haiga painting for this poem was reprinted in Haiga of Ion Codrescu, a gallery at The Haiku Foundation.

Ellen Grace Olinger

Today I am reading Luci Shaw’s new book, Eye of the Beholder: Poems (2018, Paraclete Press).

Mark S. Burrows is the Paraclete Poetry Series Editor.

Please see Luci Shaw’s Official Website for more information about her work.