Poems From Psalms And Nature: July 2010 to the present

I began Poems From Psalms And Nature on July 18, 2010.

My first post was Psalm 46 Be Still . . .

Be still, and know
that I am God

Psalm 46: 10a (KJV)

Native Plants was from July 27, 2010.

learning more
about native plants
I too thrive best
where I belong

One of my goals with Journal Notes Blog is to review my work so far, including my handwritten journals. I also enjoy learning about design from WordPress.com, and trying different themes. The Psalms and nature are a part of my daily life.

A new image, and/or a different design, can give an old poem new life. There are many readers. A poem familiar to one person is new for another. I know I enjoy rereading poetry.

Poems written over time may form a book. Quiet Christmas Poetry is both a large print chapbook and free site.

And I always feel that I am just beginning, and I love to learn. Art grows over time. I have found that my blogs lead to practice and poems. And when I have needed to rest more, that is good as well. The years and seasons vary. Grateful.

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paintings of trees

paintings of trees
on old pine walls
quiet music

Ellen Grace Olinger

Published in Four Hundred and Two Snails, Haiku Society of America Members’ Anthology 2018, edited by Nicholas M. Sola.

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haiku

morning prayer
water birds flying north
stay close to water

Published in Take-out Window: Haiku Society of America 2014 Members’ Anthology, edited by Gary Hotham.

My haiku was first published in SMILE, 67, 2010.

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Favorite Old Poem

PETALS ON WOOD

The daylilies in the vase
Are ending

Petals drop on wood

I leave them
They express something poignant

That words never could.

Poem by Ellen Grace Olinger
ARTS ALIVE: A LITERARY REVIEW (1988)
The Tinley Park – Park District
Illinois – The Midwest, United States

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ancient lilacs

ancient lilacs
cover the graves
Memorial Day

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My poem was previously published in SMILE; and Humoresque (for the United Amateur Press Association of America, edited/published by Jean Calkins).