cold so very cold

cold so very cold
yet sunrise colors show me
flowers that will bloom

Ellen Grace Olinger
February 2014

Pink Roses

Courtesy of Reusable Art

Winter 2019

Lake Michigan – late afternoon
Oostburg, Wisconsin
January 23, 2019
Photos by Karl

Three Print Journals

So far, I have received the new winter issues for three print journals. I enjoy reading and learning from many writers and publishers.

Time Of Singing, A Journal Of Christian Poetry
Editor: Lora Homan Zill
Wind & Water Press

WestWard Quarterly, The Magazine of Family Reading
Shirley Anne Leonard, Editor
Dr. Richard Leonard, Publisher

MAYFLY
Editors: Randy & Shirley Brooks
Brooks Books Haiku

Hope you enjoy visiting their sites. If you are sending poems for review, be sure to read and follow the guidelines carefully.

Ellen Grace Olinger

The Book of Kells by Barbara Crooker

I am enjoying The Book of Kells, by Barbara Crooker (2019, Cascade Books).

Barbara Crooker’s website has more information. For example, you may wish to see her BOOKS page, and read her Poem of the Month.

Eye of the Beholder by Luci Shaw

Today is very cold and also sunny. I love the light in the corner of my study.

I am enjoying Eye of the Beholder, by Luci Shaw.

There is a page for her book at Paraclete Press. The page includes media – a short video with a poem from her book.

books and music

books and music
from over the years
live on these shelves

even if I don’t
reread or listen again

somehow their
healing influence
is in these words

older now
and when I shop
and when those who
help me are so kind
I am truly blessed

Poems from my archives

Through Pandora, I have been introduced to new music. Some of the artists are Helen Jane Long, Brian Crain, and Karen Marie Garrett. I bought a few CDs from Amazon. I like seeing the designs of the CDs, reading the notes, and being able to listen to a whole work by one artist.

And I am so grateful for kindness – here with our blogs, in our town, and other places. Thank you!

Ellen Grace Olinger