Write about a few of your favorite family traditions.
Daily writing prompt
Our family traditions have changed over the years to honor and remember, and reflect the present time.
old family tablecloth
placed over my
tall file cabinet
from where I sit
and read . . .
the pattern
forms the
Cross
January 2013
Laker – December 24, 2022
Oostburg, Wisconsin
Photo by Karl
What makes a good leader?
Daily Prompt
I thought about humility, as one example, and then searched for posts and poems that may go well with this prompt.
each flower
a star for a time
daylilies
July 19, 2010 (this site)
holiness
and humility
Christmas
December 25, 2010 (this site)
Quiet Christmas Poetry (site and large print book)
I hope to create new posts for 2023 at Easter And Spring Poetry.
Ellen Grace Olinger
new poems
sun on my desk
and chair
I searched in my archives for a few poems about light.
these days
my heart is drawn
to pray more
and contemplate
the Light of the World
John 1: 5a (KJV): And the light shineth in darkness . . .
light shines
through one window
and falls on the wood
frame of another
the light is shared
Talk about your father or a father figure in your life.
Daily Prompt
looking at envelopes
I think, my father
would save these
and collect the
stamps
rain in dark night
refreshes each leaf
today I think of you
no longer with grief
Is your life today what you pictured a year ago?
Daily Prompt
I think a lot about what these last years have asked of everyone, in many ways. My 2022 calendar reflects goals met, new ideas, and revised goals. I have postponed a new book a few times (health and schedules), yet Quiet Christmas Poetry (2014) continues to be shared with others. So I am content with my work this year.
You can read all of the poems for free at Quiet Christmas Poetry.
So the year begins to end with gratitude and hope. Grateful for blogs and this way to create. One day at a time, God’s grace.
Poems From Psalms And Nature 