looking at envelopes
I think, my father
would save these
and collect the
stamps
Category: Memoirs
two poems
after rain sun
in the garden
where green plants
still grow and today
begins anew
My new poem, after rain sun, is from Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin yesterday. You may also be interested to read and view Poems: Rain and Seasons from the same site. One example:
rain
on new seawall
built with limestone
from a Wisconsin
quarry
slowing down
slowing down
even more . . .
wild turkeys
cross a country road
in peace
Poem from October 2013
POEMS FROM OOSTBURG, WISCONSIN
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
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
Bible Verse and Photo
But we have this treasure
in earthen vessels,
that the excellency
of the power
may be of God,
and not of us.
2 Corinthians 4: 7 (KJV)
September silence
September silence
reading books
by Carol Purington
small study
and Autumn light
quiet hours
Ellen Grace Olinger
Three New Books by Carol Purington is a beautiful post by her family at Woodslawn Farm. She asked her family to complete this work for her. Excellent work by all.
Please visit Woodslawn Farm for more information.
