home from mailing
poetry notes
monarch butterfly
greets me
at the back door
2010
mid-day sun
in the south window
geese in flight
2011
still life painting
outside my window
autumn quiet
2012
morning rain
rereading familiar
poems of faith
2013
above
the old garage
autumn treetops
2014
Bible on my shelf
a ribbon holds my place
in the Psalms
2017
rain and wind
flower petals
on the wood porch
2019
new picture
on my study wall
calendar for September
2020
Poems by Ellen Grace Olinger
photos of sunflowers
the field on the way home
from my mother’s home
years and years ago
gave me strength
I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.
Psalm 18: 1
My poem is from a new sequence at Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin:
August days go by.
Another idea is a haiku or two – perhaps writing prompts for a poetry lesson. With a general beginning, writers can add their own images and reflections. I was viewing photos at the WordPress.com free photo library.
photos of sunflowers
field on the way home
from my mother’s home
photos of flowers
gardens and fields
on my way home
Deep calleth unto deep *
filling my heart with hope
greater than my mind
* The first line of my poem is from Psalm 42: 7 (KJV).
calendar
by my computer
with all kinds of notes
handwritten cards sent
health care appointments
and record of progress
work continues
I look back
and I look forward
blessings of today
POEMS FROM OOSTBURG, WISCONSIN
O God, thou art my God;
early will I seek thee . . .
From Psalm 63: 1
There are words and phrases from our Psalms series that stay with me, and that I hope to include in new poems, with references.
Mercy – “for his mercy endureth for ever”
Lovingkindness – “Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning”
before dawn
bird songs
in the yard
through an open
kitchen window
and I remember
to hear His
lovingkindness
inthe morning
and I pray
may there be
mercy, love, and
kindness
in my heart
all day
Ellen Grace Olinger
late May garden
more poems than I could
ever write
in loving memory
my parents and brother
we shall meet again
May 30, 2021
POEMS FROM OOSTBURG, WISCONSIN
reading memoirs
and then the view
outside today
by Ellen Grace Olinger
All the Way Home: Aging in Haiku, 2019
Edited by Robert Epstein
Middle Island Press
West Union WV
Poems From Psalms And Nature 