warm memories
and new dreams
yellow bird
on the branch
with a few gold leaves
Ellen Grace Olinger
warm memories
and new dreams
yellow bird
on the branch
with a few gold leaves
Ellen Grace Olinger
barge on the horizon . . .
disappearing . . .
the life I left
Time Of Singing (1997)
D. Claire Gallagher, Editor, selected this haiku for the Members’ Anthology 2000, Haiku Society of America. The book is called Crinkled Sunshine.
I still love to watch the barges on Lake Michigan. Today we have a winter storm, yet we know there will be spring again. I remember writing this poem. I had to make some changes for health and family reasons. A beautiful new life slowly grew, from deeper roots. One day at a time. Over time. I am retired now. My overall goal with my blogs is to offer hope.
Ellen Grace Olinger
August 2013 and February 2019
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how small the song
of an unknown bird
quiet memories
*
praying the Psalms
old rose bush leans
against evergreens
*
lake and sky
the same color
Autumn Equinox
*
late November
sun fills a glass
for a time
Time Of Singing, Fall 2013
*
staying with the light
I read in different corners
of the house
*
how still
the winter landscape
I whisper the Psalms
*
sunrise
daffodils bowed by rain
recover
*
I wonder
what today’s poem may be
lilacs in the wind
*
Ellen Grace Olinger
Lake Michigan in Wisconsin
February 29, 2016
Lake Michigan
March 18, 2016
Lake Michigan
April 16, 2016
Lake Michigan
May 8, 2017
Ellen Grace Olinger
shoveling . . .
scent of mint
through snow
Ellen Grace Olinger
This haiku was selected for the 25th Anniversary Volume, Time Of Singing, in 1998.
ice floating
in rose-colored water
some days
feeling old
some young
Ellen Grace Olinger
Yellow Rose is courtesy of wpclipart.
We are working on a second large print chapbook, in the same style as Quiet Christmas Poetry. The theme is Wisconsin Seasons and Encouragement.
roses in the sun
some ending
some beginning
and some in full bloom
good to grow older
Poem and photo are by Ellen Grace Olinger.