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


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


book shelves
with cards on display
a handmade gift
and a few old dishes
decades of life so far

garden plans
flowers for bees
and butterflies


old friends
in the gardens
phlox flowers bloom
with daylily
plants
June 5, 2024 – My Journal Poems


And the daylilies bloom in summer.



Congratulations on writing 100 posts on Poems For Books!
if I could read
every book
in my small library
I would then
begin again


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
