reading poetry
and watching
a vase of flowers
change
how beautiful
the fading
pink roses

Copyright Free Rose Image is courtesy of Reusable Art.
Ellen Grace Olinger
reading poetry
and watching
a vase of flowers
change
how beautiful
the fading
pink roses
Copyright Free Rose Image is courtesy of Reusable Art.
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin
A few petunias
snapdragons, gold and white mums
the robins are gone.
Holding in my heart
as days become cold and dark
robins will return.
PEGASUS (1994)
Ellen Grace Olinger
Prayer plant
awakening
so quiet
I listen
Published in HUMMINGBIRD, Magazine of the Short Poem (2001).
Ellen Grace Olinger
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin
L ove
E xpressed
T ranscending
T ime
E verlasting
R emembrance of
S ouls
I wrote this poem in 2010.
Gerbera Daisy Plant – August 2016
Ellen Grace Olinger
And so my soul
Spills over
Into print again
As the sun spills
Over flowers
And the neighborhood
Sleeps
Endurance is eloquent
And marigolds are
Admirable because
They bloom
So long
Oh, my heart
Is tender
Yet God keeps it
Strong
And so my soul
Spills over
Into print again
Ellen Grace Olinger
Published by Time of Singing (1991).