Poems and Photos

Poems old and new, and recent photos by Karl:

after the storm
bird on a branch
of the broken tree

rain and
near my window
first daylilies bloom

driving across
a new bridge
on an old road

Charlotte Digregorio’s Writer’s Blog
Daily Haiku: Nov. 8, 2018

M  arvel at and
U  nderstand the
S  easons a little more
E  ach year

MUSE

The ash tree stump is a beautiful place now for a begonia. Hosta plants surround the stump. A wonderful image of healing and renewal.

Hosta will flower soon.

Photos are by Karl and poems are by Ellen.

“Wait on the Lord”

Wait on the Lord:
be of good courage,
and he shall strengthen thine heart:
wait, I say, on the Lord.

Psalm 27: 14 (KJV)

Lake Michigan – July 2019
Amsterdam Park
Town of Holland – Sheboygan County
Wisconsin

Photo by Karl

A Rose in the Yard

A rose bloomed in our yard this week. Karl took the photos.

Ellen Grace Olinger

“This is the day”

This is the day which the Lord hath made;
we will rejoice and be glad in it.

Psalm 118: 24 (KJV)

By The Sheboygan River
Kiwanis Park
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
July 5, 2019
Photo by Karl

“my songs”

Thy statutes
have been my songs
in the house of my pilgrimage.

Psalm 119: 54 (KJV)

Bridal Wreath near Lake Michigan

A butterfly found the hawkweed in the front yard.

Photos are by Karl this week.

I took this photo of flowers from a store.

Ellen Grace Olinger

Acrostic Poems and Photos

P   romises of
S   erenity
A   nd
L   ove
M  editations and
S   trength

PSALMS

G  reen colors
R  ejoice in various shades
E  vergreens grow and
E  very tree’s leaves
N  ow, this almost summer day

GREEN

Stuart J. Mentink Memorial Park
Oostburg, Wisconsin
June 18, 2019
Photos by Karl

Acrostics are by Ellen Grace Olinger.

poems and photos

names and addresses
for dear friends
no longer on earth
old address book

not yet written
in the overflowing book
cards and envelopes
with last known
addresses

still wanting to remember
what may no longer
be current – places I was
people I knew

by Ellen Grace Olinger
Time of Singing A Journal of Christian Poetry
Volume 45  Number 1
Spring 2018

Pelicans and Lake Michigan
Oostburg, Wisconsin
Photos by Karl
May 30, 2019