Light – Poems From Psalms And Nature

Psalm 145 and poems

Every day will I bless thee;
and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.

Psalm 145: 2

These are some of my poems about the beauty of everyday life.

new year sunrise
light fills
the red poinsettia

branches viewed
in the corner windows
beloved old tree

May sunrise
a few more flowers
on the Christmas cactus

Sunday afternoon
I know the time
by the light

summer evening
light fills the evergreens
with old and new growth

reading poems
from years ago
perennials grow

mid-July
daylilies and hosta
tell the time

frost soon –
cutting flowers
generously

rereading Psalms
colors of leaves
a deeper gold

roots in His Word
I will flower again

Credits:

“May sunrise”
Charlotte Digregorio’s Writer’s Blog
Daily Haiku: May 19, 2020

“frost soon”
The TOP The Tournament of Poetry
1995

Poems are by Ellen Grace Olinger.

by the window
a plant fills with light
grows towards the light

L ove
I nspires
G oodness
H ope and
T ruth

LIGHT

Consider the lilies how they grow

From Luke 12: 27 (KJV)

Photos by Karl – July 2011

Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness:
he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.

Psalm 112: 4

Thou hast set all the borders of the earth:
thou hast made summer and winter.

Psalm 74: 17

I wrote this poem yesterday:

spruce tree branches
by the window
where I write

thoughts of my parents
and all the history
they lived through

one day at a time
and careful plans
for the future

as I write in this day’s
bright morning light

Ellen Grace Olinger

Keep me as the apple of the eye,
hide me under the shadow of thy wings

Psalm 17: 8

clouds and yet
enough light
to fill a jam jar
with the last
of the carnations