new garden poem

June 5, 2024June 5, 2024 Ellen Grace Olinger

old friends
in the gardens
phlox flowers bloom
with daylily
plants

June 5, 2024 – My Journal Poems

And the daylilies bloom in summer.

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Haiku for Memorial Day

May 25, 2024 Ellen Grace Olinger

ancient lilacs
cover the graves
Memorial Day

My poem was published years ago in SMILE, Joyce M. Johnson, Ed. and Humoresque, Jean Calkins, Ed.

Reprinted at Short Holiday Poems and Large Print Poems yesterday, if you would like to visit these blogs. I still remember seeing this poem.

“Purple lilac flowers bloom green” Openverse

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prayers

April 26, 2024 Ellen Grace Olinger

prayers
in my heart
renewed often
The Psalms

Lilies, Ohara ( 1920 – by Rijksmuseum is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0

Lilies, Ohara Koson (1920 – by Rijksmuseum is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0

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Sunday morning

April 21, 2024 Ellen Grace Olinger

Sunday morning
my small prayers
add to many prayers

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Psalm 1: 3

April 20, 2024 Ellen Grace Olinger

And he shall be like a tree
planted by the rivers of water,
that bringeth forth his fruit in his season;
his leaf also shall not wither;
and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

Psalm 1: 3 (KJV)

Plant Study – Cherry Blossoms by J. Paul Getty Museum is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0

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poem: at peace

March 14, 2024 Ellen Grace Olinger

at peace
in my study
library book

by Ellen Grace Olinger
Published by Akitsu Quarterly
Spring/Summer 2024

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now that I know

March 6, 2024 Ellen Grace Olinger

now that I know
their name
I see them everywhere
hydrangeas