one month ends
another begins
evergreen branches
frame the night sky
Ellen Grace Olinger
Quiet Christmas Poetry
Elin Grace Publishing, 2014
Cover Art Photo by Karl
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Tag: Quiet Christmas Poetry
Art and Libraries
L ove of literature
I nspires countless
B eautiful hours of
R eading many
A uthors, and sometimes
R ereading beloved books
Y early
Acrostic for Library
WestWard Quarterly, The Magazine of Family Reading
My poem was published in Fall 2018.
Oostburg Public Library “Modern resources, personalized services”
Photo by Karl from July 1, 2018.
We discovered the Little Free Library site a few years ago. Karl and I donated copies of Quiet Christmas Poetry to the free libraries in our area. We also gave a copy to our Oostburg Library in town.
Karl’s winter photo of the Lake Michigan beach, several years ago, is the Cover Art for Quiet Christmas Poetry.
And I am grateful for the WordPress.com free photo library.
Posts in this series:
Art and Hope
Art and Nature
Art and Seasons
Art and Flowers
Thank you
Short Advent Poems
Christmas CDs
playing with the volume low
in the fields
the beauty of harvested
corn in snow
Northern sun
shines on frozen beach
still the days grow shorter
shadow of poinsettia
on the wall
lighting the
Christmas candle
tiny flame
transforms
the night
Christmas night sky
becomes sunrise
tree branches
covered with ice
glisten in the sun
snowflakes
floating in the air
separate
together
artists
across places
and time
“lighting the Christmas candle” was also published by Hermitage (2005) and The Writers’ Bistro (2007).
Acrostic Poem For Advent
A doration and
D evotion
V ision of
E ternity
N ow in
T ime
the light is shared
light shines
through one window
and falls on the wood
frame of another
the light is shared
I wrote this poem yesterday, as part of my post Christmas Songs at POEMS FROM OOSTBURG, WISCONSIN.
You may also enjoy Quiet Christmas Poetry, which is a site and large print chapbook.
looking at trees
looking at trees
I remember prayers
of friends
Published first here at Poems From Psalms And Nature on May 16, 2012.
Karl and I reprinted the poem in Quiet Christmas Poetry (2014).
Then my haiku was reprinted in this book:
The Helping Hand Haiku Anthology (Including Senryu, Tanka, and Haiga). Edited by Robert Epstein (2020, Middle Island Press).
I am grateful to see how a poem can last, be read again, and shared in new ways.
Two Notes
Quiet Christmas Poetry: 2020 Update is a new post at Quiet Christmas Poetry. I share the book anew each year. The posts that became the book can also be read.
Creative Note: Mead Public Library Blog is a new post at Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin. “Good to learn about books that staff at libraries recommend.” We are grateful for our libraries.
Ellen Grace Olinger
Poems From Psalms And Nature 