how quickly
another generation
grows
seems I only
looked away
for a moment
how good their work
how beautiful their art

how quickly
another generation
grows
seems I only
looked away
for a moment
how good their work
how beautiful their art
staying with the light
I read in different
corners of the house
listening to music
I know well
my life comes back to me
small study
sun reaches the painting
adds another layer
(based on a painting by Wendy Brightbill)
My poem was published in the new Time Of Singing, Fall 2021.
Lora Homan Zill is Editor of TOS, a print journal.
spruce tree branches
by the windows
each day a painting
Ellen Grace Olinger
WestWard Quarterly, Winter 2021
Norway Spruce Pine Cones are from Reusable Art.