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Tag: Literacy
Poems
fragrance of leaves
in the gardens
what good friends
we became
as we grew older
Time Of Singing, A Journal Of Christian Poetry. Fall 2019. Lora Homan Zill is the Editor.
They Gave Us Life: Celebrating Mothers, Fathers & Others in Haiku. Edited by Robert Epstein. Middle Island Press, 2017.
cooler weather and strong winds
all the leaves falling and we see the shapes of trees
light streams into the house as the sun moves south
red geraniums still bloom
October turns to face November
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin
October 2011
reading
in a sunny corner
of the house
I could be
any age
WestWard Quarterly, The Magazine of Family Reading. Winter 2016. Shirley Anne Leonard is the Editor.
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Poems are by Ellen Grace Olinger.
Cotoneaster Colors and October Acrostic
October 2017
Ellen Grace Olinger
October 2010
Photo by Karl
October 2018
Photo by Karl
ACROSTIC FOR OCTOBER
O verture to a
C ooler season
T o embrace with
O pen hearts and
B rave souls . . .
E njoying the Fall and
R eading books!
Ellen Grace Olinger
reading poetry
reading poetry
my coffee gets cold
guess I made it
for the fragrance
Ellen Grace Olinger
Time Of Singing, A Journal Of Christian Poetry
Volume 43 “Intermezzo”
Fall 2016
Friends
So many ways to enjoy poetry: reading, writing, and reviewing what we have written so far. These are poems from the archives on this site.
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sunrise
river of light
along the evergreens
the friends who stayed
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time with old friends
poems in a journal
from years ago
Also published by Cara Holman on April 19, 2012, at her site Prose Posies.
Haiku Poetry Day Celebration Post
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rearranging
art on the walls,
cards, and small gifts
from friends
I see them anew
Ellen Grace Olinger
Acrostic for WINTER
two poems and photos
I am grateful for many ways to read and create.
stack of art books
not needing to read today
just need them there
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books on the shelf
supported by each other
kindness of friends
Photos of Lake Michigan: November 1, 2017
Ellen Grace Olinger
Poems From Psalms And Nature 