Flowers and Time – Journal Notes Blog

Favorite Old Poem

PETALS ON WOOD

The daylilies in the vase
Are ending

Petals drop on wood

I leave them
They express something poignant

That words never could.

Poem by Ellen Grace Olinger
ARTS ALIVE: A LITERARY REVIEW (1988)
The Tinley Park – Park District
Illinois – The Midwest, United States

primroses growing
from garden to lawn
deep decades of roots
strengthen my faith
for new dreams

Image: wpclipart

And so my soul
Spills over
Into print again
As the sun spills
Over flowers
And the neighborhood
Sleeps

Endurance is eloquent
And marigolds are
Admirable because
They bloom
So long

Oh, my heart
Is tender
Yet God keeps it
Strong
And so my soul
Spills over
Into print again

Ellen Grace Olinger

Published by Time of Singing (1991).

Pot of Tulips, by Kate Greenaway, is courtesy of Reusable Art. There is a special category for Kate Greenaway at Reusable Art.

Tulip Watercolor images are courtesy of Reusable Art.

green plant
by the window
lily flowers past
beauty continues
another way

Ellen Grace Olinger