ROSES Collage

From The Psalms 2020 Series

Photo by Ylanite Koppens on Pexels.com

short poem – April 13, 2020

turning the vase
of flowers
learning
there are
more roses

Published in Bell’s Letters Poet.

I Remember – April 14, 2020

A journal poem – “a flower from the yard.”

Images are courtesy of wpclipart.

Photo by Karl
Photo by Karl

Psalm 122, photos and poems – June 23, 2020

Peace be within thy walls,
and prosperity within thy palaces.

For my brethren and companions’ sakes,
I will now say, Peace be within thee.

Because of the house of the LORD our God,
I will seek thy good.

Psalm 122: 7 – 9

roses in the sun – June 24, 2020

roses in the sun
some ending
some beginning
and some in full bloom
good to grow older

Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin – August 2012

All the Way Home: Aging in Haiku, 2019
Edited by Robert Epstein
Middle Island Press
West Union, WV

Orange and Pink Roses by Ida Waugh, courtesy of Reusable Art.

Psalm 148 – July 22, 2020

Praise ye the LORD.
Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: praise him in the heights.

Psalm 148: 1

Copyright Free Rose Image is courtesy of Reusable Art.

Poems are by Ellen Grace Olinger.

2020 Blog Collage Posts

The Psalms 2020 Series: Blog Collage One

The Psalms 2020 Series: Blog Collage Two

Blog Collage Three: Garden Photos

Blog Collage Four: Iris Inspiration

Blog Collage Five: Art and History

Blog Collage Six: Birds

Blog Collage Seven: Designs and Found Art

Thank you and take good care.

Photo by Karl
December 25, 2018

Acrostic for Library

L ove of literature
I nspires countless
B eautiful hours of
R eading many
A uthors, and sometimes
R ereading beloved books
Y early

Ellen Grace Olinger

WestWard Quarterly, The Magazine of Family Reading
Fall 2018

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Karl took these photos at our Oostburg Public Library on July 1, 2018.

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