While I live will I praise the LORD:
I will sing praises unto my God
while I have any being.
Psalm 146: 2
Psalm 146
Luci Shaw
Today I am rereading Luci Shaw’s book,Eye of the Beholder: Poems(2018,Paraclete Press).
Please seeLuci Shaw The Official Website.
The Writings page offers information about her books, including a new book later this year. Her Photo Gallery is beautiful.
reading memoirs
reading memoirs
and then the view
outside today
Ellen Grace Olinger
My poem was published in a new anthology. The book is available at Amazon.
All the Way Home:
Aging in Haiku
Edited by
Robert Epstein
Middle Island Press
West Union WV
Three New Poems
Quiet Hours
quiet hours
of reading
before dawn
reflection
of a lamp
in the window
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Psalm 119:105 (KJV)
Seasons
once the tree grew tall
before the Emerald Ash Borer
and then a storm
hosta plants
grew green again
around the stump
in Spring
they grew large
and flowered well
so blessed by rain
and a red begonia planter
now there is an
orange pumpkin
on the ash tree stump
and hosta leaves are gold
in the brilliant morning sun
Routine Care
routine care
and happy to wait my turn
I watch the world go by
and my heart
fills with love
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin
Ellen Grace Olinger
October 2019
Favorite Short Poems – 2
new growth
on evergreens
dinner with old friends
SMILE
Summer 2010
late September
and time with old friends
afternoon sun
shines on leaves
turning gold
2011
These two poems were written for friends from Northern Illinois University and Northeastern Illinois University – we stay in touch and I am grateful.
Ellen Grace Olinger
Favorite Short Poems – 1
Readers over the years seem to especially like these poems. This is the first post in a new series. We began Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin in December 2009. I review my archives often.
You are welcome to reprint my poems with proper credit. Ideas are a bulletin board in a classroom, library, hospital, nursing home, etc. Thank you!
leaves of bleeding hearts
now gold
so do broken hearts mend
so does grief heal
Autumn grace
Published by Bell’s Letters Poet, SMILE, and WestWard Quarterly.
turning the vase
of flowers
learning
there are
more roses
Published by Bell’s Letters Poet.
H ard work
A nd hope
R ealized, and
V ery grateful
E ternally, with
S ongs
T o sing
HARVEST
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
He that goeth forth and weepeth,
bearing precious seed,
shall doubtless come again with rejoicing,
bringing his sheaves with him.
Psalm 126: 5-6 (KJV)
Ellen Grace Olinger
morning colors
One of my new poems and a creative note about a book by Luci Shaw
water and sky
are the same
soft grey
green tree branches
and the wood
of my desk
and a piece of furniture
from my Swedish grandmother
Today I am reading Harvesting Fog poems by Luci Shaw – Pinyon Publishing 2010; Montrose, Colorado. Author Copyright.
I had not looked at Pinyon Publishing for a time. “Quality Writing Celebrating the Arts & Sciences.” So I will learn more today.
Ellen Grace Olinger
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