This is the day which the Lord hath made;
we will rejoice and be glad in it.
Psalm 118: 24 (KJV)
Gratitude
Category: Encouragement
quiet poems
pink clouds
over Lake Michigan
as I listen to old hymns
my heart gathers peace
for this day
how small the song
of an unknown bird
quiet memories
paintings of trees
on old pine walls
quiet music
“paintings of trees” was published inFour Hundred and Two Snails, Haiku Society of America Members’Anthology2018, edited by Nicholas M. Sola.
Poems by Ellen Grace Olinger
hosta and daylilies
hosta and daylilies
goldenrod grows too
I sit in silence
and think about
what needs
to be done now
and what can wait
until Autumn and Winter
Years ago, an older friend said, “You learn to save some things for Winter.”
not always sure and yet I know
not always sure
when one flower
leaves the stage
and another begins
I look up from a page
or from the kitchen window
and purple phlox are gone
daylilies and hosta soon
not always sure
and yet I know
in winter
how gardens
will grow in time
from frozen earth
to snowdrops
lilies and goldenrod
not always sure and yet I know
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin, 2021
Creative Author Note: Jill Briscoe
This morning, I am reading Faith Dancing: Conversations in good company, by Jill Briscoe (2009, Monarch Books; Oxford, UK and Grand Rapids, Michigan).
I bought a used copy from Amazon. The book is beautiful. Today I am rereading a few of Jill’s poems. Karl and I have heard Jill and Stuart Briscoe preach at Elmbrook Church in Wisconsin.
So many ways to share books!
