far from perfect
and in need of grace
we found our way
to unconditional love
Ellen Grace Olinger
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far from perfect
Category: Faith
Poems
roots in His Word
I will flower
again and again
cold so very cold
yet sunrise colors show me
flowers that will bloom
I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.
Psalm 116:1 (KJV)
snow shines on branches
with blue sky background
gift of another day
to say “thank you”
and create our art
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Winter
The holiday swag on the cedar tree continues to be beautiful. Karl took this photo yesterday.
W onderful time of
I nspiration and
N ew books
T o
E njoy
R eading
WINTER acrostic poem
Icy Deck by Lake Michigan
Photo by Karl yesterday
Ellen Grace Olinger
Creative Notes: Book Reviews
I enjoyed reading the recent BOOK REVIEWS in Time Of Singing, A Journal Of Christian Poetry (Volume 46, “Intermezzo,” Fall 2019). Lora Homan Zill is editor.
Inspired by the reviews, I ordered a few books.
Two examples are:
Lanterns by Lorraine Joy McLeod. Published by Xlibris, 2018. Reviewed by Elizabeth Howard.
What Cannot Be Fixed by Jill Peláez Baumgaertner. The Poiema Poetry Series. Cascade Books, an imprint of Wipf and Stock, 2014. Reviewed by Lora Homan Zill.
I also reread books by poets I have read for years and years. Luci Shaw is an example. And every week, I enjoy poems by many poets through our blogs. Poetry goes with me wherever I go, and sometimes is simply stored in my heart. Thank you.
Ellen Grace Olinger
"thy mercy"
The earth, O LORD,
is full of thy mercy:
teach me thy statutes.
Psalm 119: 64 (KJV)
Blooming Rose with Buds is courtesy of Reusable Art.
"Hear me when I call . . ."
Hear me when I call,
O God of my righteousness:
thou hast enlarged me
when I was in distress;
have mercy upon me, and
hear my prayer.
Psalm 4: 1 (KJV)
I arranged the lines for this post.
Birds on a Branch image is courtesy of Reusable Art.
Ellen Grace Olinger
waiting
waiting
for the coffee
by a window
and the leaves
in a little wind
seem like wings
of a small bird
or butterfly
Ellen Grace Olinger
January 2015
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin
Photo by Karl
