I will be glad and rejoice in thee:
I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed,
a refuge in times of trouble.
Psalm 9: 2, 9

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I will be glad and rejoice in thee:
I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed,
a refuge in times of trouble.
Psalm 9: 2, 9
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O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
Psalm 8: 1
The image is from Old-Fashioned Floral Designs, courtesy of Dover Publications.
they can return
in new and different ways
some of the things
thought lost
my mother and I were
closer in her old age
though we always loved
language and books
a past illness led to me
simply sitting with her
for hours as that was
something I could do
conversations
the trust that grows
through decades
of unconditional love
now sometimes
these many years
since her passing
I remember what she said
and the advice still applies
My poem is from May 2019.
Ellen Grace Olinger
Images: wpclipart
Poems old and new, and recent photos by Karl:
after the storm
bird on a branch
of the broken tree
rain and
near my window
first daylilies bloom
driving across
a new bridge
on an old road
Charlotte Digregorio’s Writer’s Blog
Daily Haiku: Nov. 8, 2018
M arvel at and
U nderstand the
S easons a little more
E ach year
MUSE
The ash tree stump is a beautiful place now for a begonia. Hosta plants surround the stump. A wonderful image of healing and renewal.
Hosta will flower soon.
Photos are by Karl and poems are by Ellen.
P romises of
S erenity
A nd
L ove
M editations and
S trength
PSALMS
G reen colors
R ejoice in various shades
E vergreens grow and
E very tree’s leaves
N ow, this almost summer day
GREEN
Stuart J. Mentink Memorial Park
Oostburg, Wisconsin
June 18, 2019
Photos by Karl
Acrostics are by Ellen Grace Olinger.
Monday
and planning
the week
what will grow
what should rest
Ellen Grace Olinger
Published by WestWard Quarterly
Fall, 2016
Photos by Karl – June 2019