Trumpet Vine blooming is by Paul Sherman, wpclipart.
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country cemetery
trumpet vines
growing taller
than the gravestones
by Ellen Grace Olinger
Published in Time Of Singing (2012).
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Category: Christian Poetry
Time Of Singing: A Journal Of Christian Poetry
I am enjoying the new Summer 2017 Time Of Singing. Lora Homan Zill is Editor, and H. Edgar Hix served as the Contributing Editor for this issue.
Nancy Esther James and I served as Contest Judges. The Contest for this issue was Haiku, Tanka, and Senryu. There are also Editor’s Choices. I enjoyed reading the many good poems that were offered. You can read more about TOS Contests here.
You may also be interested to read Lora Zill’s Editor’s Arias.
Ellen Grace Olinger
Creative Notes
I often mention Time Of Singing: A Journal Of Christian Poetry. Lora Homan Zill is the Editor.
Today I’d like to highlight Lora’s site:
Feeling God’s Pleasure Through Creative Work: the blue collar artist.
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This photo is by Paul Sherman at wpclipart.
It Is Important
To have a vision
to sustain the effort
to see it all the way
through —
Even when it seems
to leave you
This is a favorite poem that was first published in Time Of Singing, years ago.
Ellen Grace Olinger
wpclipart
Short Easter Poems
He is not here: for he is risen, as he said.
Matthew 28: 6a
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E ternally
A dored
S avior
T ruly
E ternally
R isen
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Spring gardens
return to life
forgiveness
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roots in His Word
I will flower
again and again
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Sunday afternoon
rereading
Gospel accounts
of His Resurrection
imagine being there
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Ellen Grace Olinger
Time Of Singing: A Journal Of Christian Poetry
I am reading the Spring 2017 issue of Time Of Singing: A Journal Of Christian Poetry. Lora Homan Zill is Editor. Contributing Editors for this issue are Cleo Griffith and Violet Nesdoly. Photos in the issue are by Patricia Jackson Conway.
Time Of Singing is a print journal. I have shared TOS with others over the years, and continue to receive notes of appreciation.
My mother wrote page numbers on the covers, to note publications of my poems. I have these issues now, and they are special remembrances of my mother’s encouragement.
Poetry is a gift that is appreciated and grows in meaning over time.
You can read more at the TOS site. Audrey Stallsmith is Webmaster.
Each issue is a work of art. Thought it would be good to write a post for National Poetry Month.
Favorite Poem
EASTER DINNER
The background is red
Her hair has become silver
And her dress is rust.
Her smile these days is pure gold
And her eyes sparkle anew.
Ellen Grace Olinger
This is a favorite poem, written for my mother a long time ago. It was published first in Time Of Singing.
Poems From Psalms And Nature 
