evergreen trees
with their branches
in May winds
through another
winter and green
and growing
resilient
some broken branches
interesting shapes
shelter for birds
the years show
and they are
beautiful as
they bless
today
May 10, 2015 (with some revisions today in the visual presentation of the poem). The WordPress editor inspires me to try new ideas.
The original post may be seen here.
Ellen Grace Olinger
for a few moments
as I pray and read
early sunlight
on birch trees
and a grey-blue sky
Image: wpclipart
Poem is by Ellen Grace Olinger.
sometimes
it is enough
to simply hold
one of my
well-worn Bibles
and thank God
and then reread
a Psalm I’ve read
more times than
I know and still
discover something
new
Ellen Grace Olinger
Beach Shells Wallpaper is courtesy of wpclipart.
reading
in a sunny corner
of the house
I could be
any age
Ellen Grace Olinger
“reading” was published in WestWard Quarterly, The Magazine of Family Reading (Winter 2016). Shirley Anne Leonard is the Editor.
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November
few leaves
left on the lilac
living with
your loss
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This is my poem in the anthology with Time Of Singing (TOS), Welcoming Hope: Poems for those in need.
Please visit the books page at TOS for more information.
The cover art for Welcoming Hope is by Charles A. Waugaman.
Lora Homan Zill is editor of Time Of Singing.
As an additional note today, I wrote this poem the first autumn after my mother’s winter passing (2004). The lilacs have bloomed many more times since then.
At the time, the key word in this poem for me was loss.
Now I know the key word is living – and I am grateful every day.
Thank you,
Ellen Grace Olinger
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Publication note: “November” was published in Hermitage: A Haiku Journal, Volume II, 2005. Ion Codrescu, Editor.
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The weeping willow
performs its own ballet
Silently lyrical
singing of solace
dancing of peace
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This is a poem that I wrote many years ago. It was published in Bell’s Letters Poet, edited by Jim Bell; and The Discerning Poet, edited and published by Margaret L. Been.
Margaret Been’s art blog is The Messy Palette.
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Photo by Karl – 2011
Poem by Ellen Grace Olinger
Poems From Psalms And Nature 
