These are poems that I wrote in 2018. Some of you may have read them first at Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin, which we began in December 2009.
We Drove North
we drove North
to see fall colors
along the way
snow fell and
lightly covered
fields of soybeans,
corn, and other crops
and the wind
painted one side
of tall trees
with the snow
October 2018
Evergreen Branches
evergreen branches
fill part of the sky
without the ash tree
words that are tears
may be harder to write
and this is just fine
sometimes I read a poem
years later and remember
my emotions
do I revise the poem?
improve the craft?
sometimes yes
and the change
may be small
but only if I do not
lose the voice of the
person I was then
who wrote the poem
November 2018
November Mornings
November mornings
and shorter days
a small lamp
transforms a room
I read with my new
and stronger glasses
so grateful for stars
in the sky
and words in my mind
a book, post, prayer
the sun rises
reaches the tops of trees
the weathered trees
I so love
November 2018
Blessings
poetry books
by my chair
a few snowflakes
music and silence
stir-fried vegetables
in olive oil this morning
cooked in my new
cast iron skillet
all the voices and designs
colors of fruits and vegetables
verses from Psalm 23 –
He restoreth my soul . . .
my cup runneth over . . .
goodness and mercy . . .
December 2018
Ellen Grace Olinger
