early morning silence

April 9, 2026 Ellen Grace Olinger

early morning silence
books and poetry journals
time to pray
read and write
look at art

Yellow Magnolia Flowers in a grove of Magnolia Trees at Durand Eastman Park in Rochester, New York, USA. Durand Eastman Park is named after Greorge Eastman of Eastman Kodak Company. by Michelle Frechette is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0

Pink and White Magnolia Flowers in a grove of Magnolia Trees at Durand Eastman Park in Rochester, New York, USA. Durand Eastman Park is named after Greorge Eastman of Eastman Kodak Company. by Michelle Frechette is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0

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Holy Week: Two Haiku

March 30, 2026 Ellen Grace Olinger

Holy week
lily flowers
wait to bloom

sometimes by sight
in my life of faith
apple trees in bloom

Time of Singing, Spring 2014

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predawn

February 13, 2026 Ellen Grace Olinger

predawn
and watching
the sky grow light
gift of another day
to read and write

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Grateful for Art

February 6, 2026 Ellen Grace Olinger

Still Life Zinnias green Jar by rijksmuseum is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0

I am grateful for the art I view each week.

Poems For Bulletin Boards – Daily writing prompt for February 3, 2026

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small steps

January 16, 2026 Ellen Grace Olinger

small steps
one day at a time
sparrows in the yard

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seasons repeat

December 22, 2025 Ellen Grace Olinger

seasons repeat
we tell the stories
we are given

by Ellen Grace Olinger

August 17, 2014
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin

Mayfly, 58, Winter 2015
Brooks Books Haiku

tinywords
4 September 2015

Charlotte Digregorio’s Writer’s Blog
Daily Haiku: April 2, 2016

The Signature Haiku Anthology, Including Senryu and Tanka.
Edited by Robert Epstein. Middle Island Press, 2020.

My Poet Profile at the Haiku Registry, which is a Feature at The Haiku Foundation. Thank you to former editor Billie Wilson, who helped me create my profile page.

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late Fall

December 10, 2025 Ellen Grace Olinger

I look at my shelves, and what has been there for a time; and I have not read this book or that journal. Then I wonder why – what was happening then? And I remember, and maybe had read a poem or two, or a page or two, and was helped and blessed.

late Fall
and Winter soon
plans for silence
and time to read
poetry

Reprinted December 1, 2021