Last month, I began Large Print Poems. I am reprinting some of my acrostic poems, haiku, tanka, and other poems.
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
always beauty
after the leaves fall
and the days grow short
holiday lights begin
small town main streets
and country roads
November skies and fields
have a stark and simple
beauty
when winter settles in
for a long time
after Christmas
the light in January
is already changed
from now
Ellen Grace Olinger
The poem is from 2017.
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reading memoirs
reading memoirs
and then the view
outside today
Ellen Grace Olinger
My poem was published in a new anthology. The book is available at Amazon.
All the Way Home:
Aging in Haiku
Edited by
Robert Epstein
Middle Island Press
West Union WV
Nature Photography
For a few years, I went outside and simply looked for art in the yard, and took the photos that were there already.
October 2016
Leaves on brown tarp – October 2017
December 2017
Photos are by Ellen Grace Olinger.
country roads
country roads
signs of change
in the landscape
and sky
yard overgrown
with plants
for bees
and butterflies
so much can wait
one step at a time
so much gets done
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Ellen Grace Olinger
Favorite Short Poems – 3
L ove of literature
I nspires countless
B eautiful hours of
R eading many
A uthors, and sometimes
R ereading beloved books
Y early
LIBRARY
WestWard Quarterly, Fall 2018
S ilence
E nlivens
A nd
S olitude
O pens
N ew thoughts
To everything there is a season,
and a time to every purpose
under the heaven . . .
Ecclesiastes 3: 1 (KJV)
SEASON and the Bible verse from Ecclesiastes are from our large print book, Quiet Christmas Poetry.
Ellen Grace Olinger
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