Short Advent Poems

small plant: haiku and tanka

small plant
on my desk
Advent sun

quiet songs
my eyes rest upon
a small plant
and the new
Advent sun

From December 2020

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).

far from perfect
and in need of grace
we found our way
to unconditional love

far from perfect – February 20, 2020

Ellen Grace Olinger

small plant
on my desk
Advent sun

quiet songs
my eyes rest upon
a small plant
and the new
Advent sun

Ellen Grace Olinger

cold country night
two deer in the front yard
graze in starlight

My haiku is from December 17, 2010, and is one of the poems in Quiet Christmas Poetry (2014).

And a photo for this post:

lighting the
Christmas candle
tiny flame
transforms
the night

Hermitage (2005)
The Writers’ Bistro (2007)

Quiet Christmas Poetry (2014)

Ellen Grace Olinger