On a drift of air
that circles the globe
from heart to heart,
continent to continent –
words of a carol
By Carol Purington (1949 – 2020). All Rights Reserved.
From Christmas Tanka by Carol Purington, a post from December 23, 2017. Carol and I corresponded for years, and she enjoyed being a part of our blogs.
Please visit Woodslawn Farm for more information about Carol and her books.
lighting the
Christmas candle
tiny flame
transforms
the night
Hermitage (2005), The Writers’ Bistro (2007), and Quiet Christmas Poetry
gold leaves
left on the tree
more than enough
then evergreens
and blue sky
Study window poem
yellow chrysanthemum
on an old green chair
in the yard and an orange
pumpkin near the door
fall stillness
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin yesterday
Psalms to pray
and poems to read
sun on seawalls
October 2021
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin
Dawn Returns
The Haiku Society of America
2022 Members’ Anthology
John J. Han, Editor
Haiku Society of America, New York
Ellen Grace Olinger
slowing down
even more . . .
wild turkeys
cross a country road
in peace
My poem was published first at POEMS FROM OOSTBURG, WISCONSIN (October 2013).
old photos
on my desk –
bleeding hearts in bloom
(Time Of Singing)
leaves of bleeding hearts
now gold
so do broken hearts mend
so does grief heal
Autumn grace
(Bell’s Letters Poet, WestWard Quarterly, and SMILE)
Poems by Ellen Grace Olinger
late August
and still Summer
bees and goldenrod
by a sunny window
on a quiet morning
Published by WestWard Quarterly The Magazine of Family Reading, Summer 2022. You can also learn about this print journal at WWQ on Facebook.
Poems From Psalms And Nature 