snowflakes
floating in the air
separate
together
artists
across places
and time

snowflakes
floating in the air
separate
together
artists
across places
and time
clouds and sky
spruce tree branches still
reading poems
that offer hope
and rest
Let thy mercy, O LORD,
be upon us, according as we hope in thee.
Psalm 33: 22
Evening,
and morning,
and at noon,
will I pray,
and cry aloud:
and he shall hear my voice.
Psalm 55: 17
gold leaves
evergreens
and some blue
in the sky
my reading glasses
rest on a page
of Psalms
Ellen Grace Olinger
not always sure
when one flower
leaves the stage
and another begins
I look up from a page
or from the kitchen window
and purple phlox are gone
daylilies and hosta soon
not always sure
and yet I know
in winter
how gardens
will grow in time
from frozen earth
to snowdrops
lilies and goldenrod
not always sure and yet I know
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin, 2021
cup from a thrift store
on my grandmother’s
straw chest
near the window
fills with light