gifts to receive
and then let go
only for a time
garden perennials
gifts to receive
Tag: Journal Poems
Journal Poem: Grateful Today
plants and flowers
through the seasons
how welcome the snowdrops
in Spring – daffodils, tulips
and primroses
Summer in our yard
offers daylilies, hosta, goldenrod
hummingbirds, butterflies, and bees
chrysanthemums, coneflowers,
and asters – how wonderful
to grow so well when so much
is past for the year
Just some thoughts today, that I hope to write about again. We bought chrysanthemums at Walmart in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. And saw coneflowers and asters too. Grateful today.
I Remember
I remember
when I was young
and first began
to watch plants
and flowers grow
and then placed
one rose from
a garden of our own
in a glass of water
on a table
by a comfortable chair
and sat there
most likely with
books and notebooks
a flower from the yard
Ellen Grace Olinger
Journal Poem – May 20, 2019
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin
Images are courtesy of wpclipart.
More Vintage Images
Free Bird Drawing is courtesy of Reusable Art.
I enjoy the vintage art. This Spring, I decided to postpone work on another book. I am writing my journal poems – as the days and seasons are given. My blogs are a creative home for me now. Thank you.
chair in sun
by lilacs, ferns,
forget-me-nots –
view from my desk
this morning
These two pictures are from the Flower Images Category at Reusable Art.
Poem, Photo, and Creative Note
hosta plants grow
around the ash tree stump
an abundance of health
and new green
as if to say
we knew you would not
last the storm
we are here
there is new beauty now
new hope and a new time
I wrote the poem last week, and took the photo yesterday. They were published first in posts at Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin. I call these poems journal poems. They flow from my heart, and I write them directly in posts. Often though, an image or personal reflection is with me for a long time, before I write. When I can write easily, it is because I am living with the images, and blessed by God’s grace in many ways. And as I pray the Psalms and read in general, my own writing grows. Rest is necessary too.
Ellen Grace Olinger
Poems From Psalms And Nature 