after rain
the beautiful earth
and gardens grow
sunlight in my study
praying the Psalms
on a Sunday afternoon
country cemetery
trumpet vines
growing taller
than the gravestones
“country cemetery” was published by Time Of Singing Summer 2012.
Where can you reduce clutter in your life?
Daily Prompt
We give books away, and buy new and used books.
POEM
a small card
in a devotional book
from a thrift store
words of encouragement
from one person to another
I keep the card with the book
and its history today
and tomorrow
Ellen Grace Olinger
October 23, 2017
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
Time of Singing, Spring 2018
“not yet written” and “still wanting to remember” were also published in All the Way Home: Aging in Haiku (2019). Edited by Robert Epstein. Middle Island Press; West Union, WV.
October 2016
POEM
a small card
in a devotional book
from a thrift store
words of encouragement
from one person to another
I keep the card with the book
and its history today
and tomorrow
Ellen Grace Olinger
October 23, 2017
October 2018 begins with rain and wind. A good day for blogs and books.
So many ways to enjoy poetry: reading, writing, and reviewing what we have written so far. These are poems from the archives on this site.
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sunrise
river of light
along the evergreens
the friends who stayed
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time with old friends
poems in a journal
from years ago
Also published by Cara Holman on April 19, 2012, at her site Prose Posies.
Haiku Poetry Day Celebration Post
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rearranging
art on the walls,
cards, and small gifts
from friends
I see them anew
Ellen Grace Olinger
Poems From Psalms And Nature 