Paintings – Poems From Psalms And Nature

Growth

how quickly
another generation
grows
seems I only
looked away
for a moment

how good their work
how beautiful their art

So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture
will give thee thanks for ever:

we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.

Psalm 79: 13

Images are from Reusable Art. There are art history notes there.

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