grey morning
February settles here
for a time




grey morning
February settles here
for a time
Think back on your most memorable road trip.
Daily Prompt
Years ago, and for several years, I drove from our small town to the Milwaukee area (Wisconsin USA) to help with my mother’s care.
groceries for Mom
fresh flowers
always on the list
another year
has passed since
my mother’s passing
I sit and quietly read
a book she would like too
Do you spend more time thinking about the future or the past? Why?
Daily Prompt
Perhaps both the same – reflections and remembrance, along with hope and plans for the future.
reading memoirs
and then the view
outside today
by Ellen Grace Olinger
POEMS FROM OOSTBURG, WISCONSIN
February 23, 2015
All the Way Home: Aging in Haiku
Edited by Robert Epstein
Middle Island Press, 2019
As a creative note, interesting to see the history of a poem, sometimes over years.
reading
different books
poetry and memoirs
some wind today
in the evergreens
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
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
sun shines on unfinished wood
around the window
Ellen Grace Olinger