cup from a thrift store
on my grandmother’s
straw chest
near the window
fills with light
Category: Remembrance
Three Poems
PRAYING THE PSALMS
praying the Psalms
and reading poetry
books and journals
I write new poems
about everyday life
HAIKU
time to read
wind and shadows
on evergreens
BOOKS ON THE SHELVES
books on the shelves
from many years
new books and old
from thrift stores
and discarded by libraries
looking at the books
as I sit and write
gives me peace
and books by my chair
in my small study
I do not need to teach
from the books, or even
read them on any schedule,
they are my books now
and they give me peace
Poems by Ellen Grace Olinger
Old and New Poems
Christmas carnations
in the vase
that used to hold
fresh flowers for Mom
blessings
each in turn
return
to bless us
Christmas Memories And Blessings – December 12, 2011
beautiful with
and without flowers
vase from my mother
today
Ellen Grace Olinger
Blog Collage Five: Art and History
Psalm 7 post – March 22, 2020
Painting by Monet is courtesy of Dover Publications – from 120 Great Flower Paintings.
Psalm 20 post – March 29, 2020
Memorial Park
“Dedicated to World War Veterans
1930”
Cedar Grove, Wisconsin
June 2018 – Photo by Karl
Earth Day – April 22 post – April 15, 2020
take care each day
now and for the future
Earth Day
The Vintage Tree Print by John Bewick is courtesy of Reusable Art.
Haiku by Ellen Grace Olinger
Psalm 119 post – June 20, 2020
Veterans Park
Oostburg, Wisconsin
June 19, 2020 – Photo by Karl
Stuart J. Mentink Memorial Park post – June 26, 2020
Stuart J. Mentink Memorial Park
Oostburg, Wisconsin
June 25, 2020 – Photo by Karl
loved for years post – July 4, 2020
loved for years
and now I know your name
blue chicory
Haiku by Ellen Grace Olinger
Charlotte Digregorio’s Writer’s Blog
Daily Haiku: May 27, 2017
Psalm 147 post – July 21, 2020
Corner Frame from Reusable Art
He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.
Psalm 147: 3 and 4
2020 Blog Collage Posts
The Psalms 2020 Series: Blog Collage One
The Psalms 2020 Series: Blog Collage Two
Blog Collage Three: Garden Photos
Blog Collage Four: Iris Inspiration
Thank you and take good care.
Psalm 111
He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered:
the LORD is gracious and full of compassion.
Psalm 111: 4
names and addresses
names and addresses
for dear friends
no longer on earth
old address book
not yet written
in the overflowing book
cards and envelopes
with last known
addresses
still wanting to remember
what may no longer
be current – places I was
people I knew
Ellen Grace Olinger
Time Of Singing A Journal Of Christian Poetry
Volume 45 Number 1
Spring 2018
Psalm 74 and poem
Thou hast set all the borders of the earth:
thou hast made summer and winter.
Psalm 74: 17
I wrote this poem yesterday:
spruce tree branches
by the window
where I write
thoughts of my parents
and all the history
they lived through
one day at a time
and careful plans
for the future
as I write in this day’s
bright morning light
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin
Ellen Grace Olinger
