raindrops
on the window screen
in my small study
and then the birch tree
with green and gold leaves
and then evergreens
beyond the trees
grey sky with some blue
raindrops
Category: Hope
simple view
simple view
lamp reflection
in the window
the same color
as leaves in rain
October 2014
POEMS FROM OOSTBURG, WISCONSIN
reading poems
reading poems
in October
some leaves fall
from the tree
by my window
Saturday afternoon
Saturday afternoon
some time to listen
to quiet music and read
sunlight fills a lamp
that is not needed now
and the light shines
on the wall with art
by people I know
who also offer light
beauty hope
From Psalm 119:
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet,
and a light unto my path.
Psalm 119: 105
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
Wordless Wednesday
Kohler-Andrae State Park
Sheboygan County
Wisconsin DNR
September 21, 2021
Photo by Karl
pink and grey clouds
pink and grey clouds
with light
brown rice
with red peppers,
spinach, mushrooms,
peas, carrots,
and olive oil
cover art
for books and journals
grateful today
for art and colors
in so many ways
And from the Psalms:
Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.
Remember, O LORD,
thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses;
for they have been ever of old.
Psalm 25: 1, 6
Ellen Grace Olinger
