summer
early sun fills
a bouquet of flowers
summer sun
thrift store bowl painted
with leaves and fruit
Haiku are by Ellen Grace Olinger.
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin
Images: Reusable Art
Haiku and Vintage Images
reading haiku
reading haiku
the generous new growth
of evergreens
Ellen Grace Olinger
Short Journal Notes
New Poems – May 2019 is a post from my site Poems From Psalms And Nature. It is a small collection of poems.
The post includes poems I wrote this month, and posted first on my primary site, Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin.
The post was inspired by Mother’s Day, as my mother encouraged me to write.
For this site, one of my goals is to review my handwritten journals, and then share and save some content here. I am just beginning this project. I came across a memory of an older neighbor who expressed appreciation for my poetry some time ago. Those are the kinds of treasures I want to rediscover and save.
Thank you. I enjoy trying different WordPress themes and the new editor. I learn more about design, try different colors etc. Blessings for your work.
Daylilies are growing, and daffodils are in bloom. I took these photos in the yard last week.
Ellen Grace Olinger
Reusable Art – 1600s Art Category
From the 1600s Art Category at Reusable Art – Breathing New Life Into Old Art. I learn from the research notes and enjoy viewing the images. They add so much to my blogs.
I also included the Violets drawing
with a new poem, Grey Stillness,
at Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin
(my primary site, which we began in December 2009).
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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