predawn
drawing a picture
with a poem
grey skies
and colors in the garden
blue jays
still life painting
outside my window
Fall colors
garden rests
evergreens ready
for Winter
haiku
new green leaves
new green leaves
on trees that knew
the colors
of dramatic autumns
in silence sometimes
and in small ways
new dreams grow
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin
writing poetry
writing poetry
sun shines on unfinished wood
around the window
Ellen Grace Olinger
Meditation: Books and Journals
I look at the books and journals in our home and am grateful. There is a wide selection: poetry, memoirs, novels, books discarded by libraries, books from thrift stores, books given as gifts. Poets I’ve read for decades, and new poets in journals and who post on their blogs.
Morning Glory on the Vine: Early Songs and Drawings, by Joni Mitchell, was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2019; and is a beautiful book. She wrote a forward in May 2019. And she is as grateful as ever.
Poetry called to me from the Psalms, and the hymns, from church. Then when I was young I heard Joni Mitchell, and other artists. I could write too!
Monday afternoon
in March
sun fills a bookcase
from my father
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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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