Trees

On January 23, 2021 By Ellen Grace OlingerIn Art, Artists, Blogging, Country Life, Creativity, Hope, Inspiration, Lifelong Learning, Light, Nature, Photography, TreesLeave a comment

rereading

On April 2, 2020 By Ellen Grace OlingerIn Art, Beauty, Chronic Illness, Creativity, Education, Hope, Light, Photography, Tanka, World

rereading
older poems
by many poets
light falls
on old pine boards

afternoon light

On July 13, 2019 By Ellen Grace OlingerIn Art, Beauty, Faith, Gratitude, Hope, Lake Michigan in Wisconsin, Language Arts, Light, Nature, Poetry

afternoon light
blue-grey skies
and water

give them a stage
to shine
seagulls

Ellen Grace Olinger

two haiku

On May 6, 2019 By Ellen Grace OlingerIn 1000 posts review, Autumn, Haiku, Light, Nature, Poetry

frost soon –
cutting flowers
generously

The TOP The Tournament of Poetry
1995

new garden
in October
Autumn light

Ellen Grace Olinger
September – October 2018
1,000 Posts Review

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seeing new details

On May 4, 2019 By Ellen Grace OlingerIn 1000 posts review, Art, Beauty, Haiku, Light, Nature, Photography, Poetry

seeing new details
in the old painting
February light

We have art on the walls from Bethesda Thrift Store in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. I imagine the paintings have many stories.

It always amazes me to watch the days grow longer again, even during our long winters. We have lived here long enough, that the light and gardens tell me the time and seasons, in a general way. The garden is always beautiful – the flowers, and also the entire cycle.