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
new green leaves
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
small blankets
as if they could
store the sun
small blankets
on a chair
add color to
the scene
as they await
to warm
another time
Ellen Grace Olinger
Black and White Floral Border is courtesy of Reusable Art.
Free Floral Image is courtesy of Reusable Art.
Giant Sunflower Drawing is also courtesy of Reusable Art.
early June morning
early June morning
pelicans fly over the water
a deer walks through the yard
new carnations
in an old glass vase
by the window
poinsettia and lily plants
placed by the back patio door
only yesterday
and still in the house
new green
on evergreen branches
an image loved for years
the small new growth
and lilacs bloom
Journal Poem
June 6, 2019
Ellen Grace Olinger
The carnation is courtesy of wpclipart.
Two New Poems – April 2019
BOOKS
there was a time
when the book
did not exist
perhaps in the
writer’s heart and
mind
yet still the process
to create for others
to read in some form
there was a time
when the reader
did not know
the book exists
yet once found
is read and reread
treasured forever
among many books
“GIVE US THIS DAY”
healthy food
and more exercise
as the weather
is more like Spring
blood pressure monitor
on my desk and
mail from Medicare
on the kitchen table
Spring appointments
on my calendar
and grateful for care
both kind and good
poetry in the mail too
and a shelf of memoirs
from thrift stores to read
food for the soul
Give us this day our daily bread.
Matthew 6: 11 (KJV)
Ellen Grace Olinger
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin
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