restful to read
poetry books read before
Autumn morning
restful to read
Category: Grief
Perhaps because
perhaps because
it is Autumn
I think of my mother
the season when
her last illness
began many years ago
and the trees
outside her hospital
window
I read to her
from the Psalms
and poets she would
know from long ago
and new poets too
most of all
I remember her faith
and unconditional love
that is with me still
From the Psalms:
Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty:
neither do I exercise myself in great matters,
or in things too high for me.
Surely I have behaved and quieted myself,
as a child that is weaned of his mother:
my soul is even as a weaned child.
Psalm 131: 1 – 2
From Psalm 4
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, from the archives.
From Psalm 27
Wait on the LORD:
be of good courage,
and he shall strengthen thine heart:
wait, I say, on the LORD.
Psalm 27: 14
Poem Inspired by Psalm 103
writing and reading
I don’t see the dust
then seeing
I remember
and know He does not forget
and understands
with Love
Psalm 103: 14 (KJV)
For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth we are dust.
Reprinted from the archives
Poems From Psalms And Nature
Ellen Grace Olinger
Remembrance and Hope
For new readers, and all readers, last year we posted short selections from the 150 Psalms, with pictures. The Psalms Series 2020: A Summary offers more information.
The LORD is my shepherd;
I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:
he leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul:
he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness
for his name’s sake.
Psalm 23: 1-3
with art we can keep
with art we can keep
what may seem lost
create with faith
the best we can
My father taught history, and my mother taught English composition and literature. Every day includes both. And there were peonies in the yard. Grateful today.
