holiday lights
on the mantel
moments of grace
by Ellen Grace Olinger, USA
Scarlet Dragonfly Journal
November 2022

holiday lights
on the mantel
moments of grace
by Ellen Grace Olinger, USA
Scarlet Dragonfly Journal
November 2022

sometimes when I pray
before a meal, I remember
my grandmother’s prayers
in Swedish, and her voice

plants and flowers grow
in summer gardens
sounds of work outside
daylilies bloom soon
books and journals
to read again
green leaves
in sun and a little wind
new poems
time in the kitchen
on an early July morning
an open summer window
and bird songs
bird on a branch
with summer leaves
pages of poetry
I am reading from Time Of Singing poetry journal.
My poems in this post are from Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin.
Ellen Grace Olinger

reading journals
new generation of poets
since I began
older now
used books settle
in their new home
older now credit:
All the Way Home: Aging in Haiku, 2019
Edited by Robert Epstein
Middle Island Press, West Union, WV

new year sunrise
light fills
the red poinsettia
WestWard Quarterly, Winter 2021
Post update May 6, 2024
