stars and lighthouse
present as I pray
house of my pilgrimage *
* from Psalm 119: 54 (KJV)
Thy statutes have been my songs
in the house of my pilgrimage.
Ellen Grace Olinger

stars and lighthouse
present as I pray
house of my pilgrimage *
* from Psalm 119: 54 (KJV)
Thy statutes have been my songs
in the house of my pilgrimage.
Ellen Grace Olinger
I begin again
with Psalm One
a snowflake falls
then another
each a work of art
*
And he shall be like a tree
planted by the rivers of water,
that bringeth forth his fruit in his season:
his leaf also shall not wither;
and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
Psalm 1: 3 (KJV)
*
Ellen Grace Olinger
rain today
how soon we reach
the end of what we know
and how deep
faith continues to grow
*
Ellen Grace Olinger
wind
through fields
of corn
driving
past a tree farm
I remember
when these trees
were small
Ellen Grace Olinger
longer still
since my father’s
passing when I was
twenty-nine
his parents came
here from Sweden
a long time ago
we called them
Nanna and Poppa Ernie
many conversations
we never could have
yet he too is with me
still
For Harold A. Borgh (1915 – 1983)
By Ellen Grace Olinger
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin