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
reading haiku
all the places we live
all we have in common
My poem was inspired by the Haiku Society of America members anthologies.
reading poems
from years ago
perennials bloom
Published in Visiting The Wind: The Haiku Society of America Members’ Anthology 2021. Erin Castaldi, Editor.
Ellen Grace Olinger
Holy week
lily flowers
wait to bloom
sometimes by sight
in my life of faith
apple trees in bloom
Time of Singing (Spring 2014)
Reprinted by Gene Meyers in his column, Celebrating Holy Week with Christian Haiku (2016), at the Haiku Society of America.
“Holy Week” was selected for my Poet Profile page in the Haiku Registry, at The Haiku Foundation.
Haiku are by Ellen Grace Olinger.
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
Some other books in my library include:
God in the Dark: Through Grief and Beyond
by Luci Shaw
Author Copyright 1989
Reproduced 1998 by Regent College Publishing
Vancouver, British Columbia
Adventure of Ascent: Field Notes from a Lifelong Journey
by Luci Shaw
Author Copyright 2014
IVP Books
Downers Grove, Illinois
Members’ Anthologies from the Haiku Society of America:
I created a Page (filed under MENU) to keep a record of my recent haiku published in these books. There is a different editor for each anthology, as noted on my Page.
If you wish to read, the title of my Page, here on Poems From Psalms And Nature, is Haiku Society of America Members’ Anthologies.
The Haiku Society of America site is the online resource for their organization.
Thank you to all. Next post will be from Psalm 118.
Begonia planter by the door – Photos by Karl
seasons repeat
we tell the stories
we are given
Wisconsin spring
sandhill cranes
in a field of snow
sometimes by sight
in my life of faith
apple trees in bloom
Poems and photo are by Ellen Grace Olinger.
Credits:
“seasons repeat” was published in Mayfly 58 (2015).
“Wisconsin spring” was published in This World: Haiku Society of America 2013 Members’ Anthology, edited by Carolyn Coit Dancy.
“sometimes by sight” was published in Time Of Singing, Volume 41 (2014).
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These haiku appear in anthologies published by the Haiku Society of America (2013 – 2017).
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Wisconsin spring
sandhill cranes
in a field of snow
Published in This World: Haiku Society of America 2013 Members’ Anthology, edited by Carolyn Coit Dancy.
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morning prayer
water birds flying north
stay close to water
Published in Take-out Window: Haiku Society of America 2014 Members’ Anthology, edited by Gary Hotham. This haiku was first published in SMILE, 67, 2010; edited by Joyce M. Johnson.
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January thaw . . .
letting go
of old heartaches
Published in A Splash of Water: Haiku Society of America 2015 Members’ Anthology, edited by Catherine J.S. Lee.
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light falls
through yellow maple leaves
the mercy of God
Published in Full of Moonlight: Haiku Society of America 2016 Members’ Anthology, edited by David Grayson.
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country roads
reflections of light
from new steel roofs
Published in on down the road: Haiku Society of America 2017 Members’ Anthology, edited by LeRoy Gorman.
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I wrote “country roads” for the EarthRise Rolling Haiku Collaboration 2015: The Year of Light, The Haiku Foundation.
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And I wrote this lesson plan, which was edited and published by Jim Kacian at The Haiku Foundation:
Haiku Lesson for All Ages: EarthRise Collaboration Themes and Poems.
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Ellen Grace Olinger
Poems From Psalms And Nature 