gentle growing snowfall
evergreens heavy-laden
and bearing the weight
with such ease
all the fields
that will soon be
corn and soybeans
wheat and wildflowers
prepared for planting
Poem from February 24, 2012
gentle growing snowfall
evergreens heavy-laden
and bearing the weight
with such ease
all the fields
that will soon be
corn and soybeans
wheat and wildflowers
prepared for planting
Poem from February 24, 2012
blue sky
sunny and cold
work in the kitchen
sit for a time and
read poems
R ose clouds at sunrise, and the day
O pens to songs, silence, and new
S trength, with hope
E verlasting
ROSE
cold so very cold
yet sunrise colors show me
flowers that will bloom
Poem from January and February Archives.
looking at trees
I remember prayers
of friends
My haiku was published here on May 16, 2012. Reprinted in the book, The Helping Hand Haiku Anthology (Including Senryu, Tanka, and Haiga). Edited by Robert Epstein (2020, Middle Island Press). Karl and I also reprinted the poem in Quiet Christmas Poetry (2014).
What books do you want to read?
Daily Prompt
TREES
reading poems
by Ted Kooser
and I look again
at the trees
and some years
were hard and also
the new growth
in today’s sun
and they are beautiful
Poem by Ellen Grace Olinger
July 26, 2022
You can visit The Official Website of Poet: Ted Kooser, supported by The University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Trees is reprinted from POEMS FROM OOSTBURG, WISCONSIN.
Write about a few of your favorite family traditions.
Daily writing prompt
Our family traditions have changed over the years to honor and remember, and reflect the present time.
old family tablecloth
placed over my
tall file cabinet
from where I sit
and read . . .
the pattern
forms the
Cross
January 2013