Holy week
lily flowers
wait to bloom
sometimes by sight
in my life of faith
apple trees in bloom
Time of Singing (Spring 2014)
Reprinted by Gene Meyers in his column, Celebrating Holy Week with Christian Haiku (2016), at the Haiku Society of America.
“Holy Week” was selected for my Poet Profile page in the Haiku Registry, at The Haiku Foundation.
Haiku are by Ellen Grace Olinger.
This year, I also read and reread poetry books by Barbara Crooker. One of the pages at her site is Books by Barbara Crooker.
As I reread the work of poets, I also begin to learn more about craft.
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With a new school year beginning for many, The Haiku Foundation Education Resources may be useful.
Ellen Grace Olinger
I’ve shared pictures with you of the covers for Quiet Christmas Poetry and Welcoming Hope: poems for those in need (anthology with Time Of Singing).
You can see the pictures again and order from the Time Of Singing books page, if you wish.
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In 2016, I worked with The Haiku Foundation to create a Gallery of Cover Art. The covers also tell part of the story of English Language Haiku in a visual way, as they are from many years. Mini-chapbooks, books, journals, and anthologies are represented, with links to the original sources. Thank you to Dave Russo for his work to publish the gallery.
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Ellen Grace Olinger
These haiku appear in anthologies published by the Haiku Society of America (2013 – 2017).
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Wisconsin spring
sandhill cranes
in a field of snow
Published in This World: Haiku Society of America 2013 Members’ Anthology, edited by Carolyn Coit Dancy.
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morning prayer
water birds flying north
stay close to water
Published in Take-out Window: Haiku Society of America 2014 Members’ Anthology, edited by Gary Hotham. This haiku was first published in SMILE, 67, 2010; edited by Joyce M. Johnson.
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January thaw . . .
letting go
of old heartaches
Published in A Splash of Water: Haiku Society of America 2015 Members’ Anthology, edited by Catherine J.S. Lee.
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light falls
through yellow maple leaves
the mercy of God
Published in Full of Moonlight: Haiku Society of America 2016 Members’ Anthology, edited by David Grayson.
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country roads
reflections of light
from new steel roofs
Published in on down the road: Haiku Society of America 2017 Members’ Anthology, edited by LeRoy Gorman.
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I wrote “country roads” for the EarthRise Rolling Haiku Collaboration 2015: The Year of Light, The Haiku Foundation.
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And I wrote this lesson plan, which was edited and published by Jim Kacian at The Haiku Foundation:
Haiku Lesson for All Ages: EarthRise Collaboration Themes and Poems.
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Ellen Grace Olinger
Billie Wilson is the editor and manager for the Haiku Registry at The Haiku Foundation. I am grateful for her help with my Poet Profile page. The current selection of my haiku includes both an early poem, and a more recent poem, from Time Of Singing (TOS), a journal I have often mentioned here. Lora Homan Zill is the editor for TOS. Charles A. Waugaman was editor when I began with the journal some time ago.
old photos
on my desk –
bleeding hearts in bloom
(TOS, 1994)
Holy week
lily flowers
wait to bloom
(TOS, 2014)
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The Haiku Foundation celebrates and reviews their work at this time of year. More information about the Haiku Registry can be found in this post at the foundation: Celebration Fortnight: Day 4.
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It is wonderful to be able to share our best work in different ways. Thanks to all who make this possible.
Ellen Grace Olinger
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reading the Psalms path to the water
Carmen Sterba included this one-line haiku in the March 2013 Per Diem collection she edited for The Haiku Foundation:
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Gene Myers wrote a new column for the Haiku Society of America, which includes two of my haiku:
Celebrating Holy Week with Christian haiku.
These two haiku were published in Time Of Singing (2014), and I reprinted them in Holy Week, a post on this site.
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I took the photo of our new hyacinth plant yesterday.
Ellen Grace Olinger
These poems by Carol Purington first appeared on this site on March 22, 2011. Please visit Woodslawn Farm for more information about her work.
Earth’s roll:
tractor and plow turn over
a new spring
Bounded by strand
above strand of song
– the robin’s acre
Sudden shower –
leaving open the window
nearest the lilacs
Tell me how
the sky’s color is changed
by a cello note
and I will sing you
a sunrise
Faith
the shine of a firefly
in my room
the shape of a hermit’s hut
beside a mountain path
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Haiku are from FAMILY FARM Haiku for a Place of Moons,
by Carol Purington. Winfred Press (1999, 2015).
Haiku and tanka are copyrighted by Carol Purington.
The cover of Family Farm is featured in the first Gallery of Cover Art at The Haiku Foundation, which I helped begin.
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Poems From Psalms And Nature 