summer
watching the sky change
and sunrise
plants and flowers
in the gardens
another year
in hosta time
August sunrise
goldenrod grows tall
by the window
Verse from our Psalms series:
They go from strength to strength . . .
From Psalm 84: 7 – May 18, 2020 post
Hosta by Lake Michigan
Oostburg, Wisconsin
July 21, 2020
Photo by Karl
wpclipart
Cotoneaster by the birch tree – October 2010
October 2011
Lake Michigan – November 2018
Photos by Karl
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
by Ellen Grace Olinger
Time of Singing A Journal of Christian Poetry
Volume 45 Number 1
Spring 2018
Pelicans and Lake Michigan
Oostburg, Wisconsin
Photos by Karl
May 30, 2019
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised;
and his greatness is unsearchable.
Psalm 145: 3 (KJV)
Lake Michigan
July 25, 2018
Photo by Karl
birds perch
in sheltering branches
a grain of mustard seed
Matthew 13: 31-32
Time Of Singing, 1995
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We are beginning work on a second large print chapbook, in the same style as Quiet Christmas Poetry. Copies of the Christmas book can be ordered from the Time Of Singing books page.
The theme of the new book is Wisconsin Seasons and Encouragement. My haiku, “birds perch,” seems to belong in the new book.
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Today I am reading Time Of Singing: A Journal Of Christian Poetry (Volume 44, Number 3; Winter 2017/18). Lora Homan Zill is Editor. Violet Nesdoly is the Contributing Editor for this issue.
Lake Michigan – May 2016
Haiku and photo are by Ellen Grace Olinger.
pink clouds
over Lake Michigan
as I listen to old hymns
my heart gathers peace
for this day
Ellen Grace Olinger
Photo credit: Paul Sherman of wpclipart dedicated to the Public Domain
Ellen Grace Olinger
yesterday
Poems From Psalms And Nature 