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a busy day

December 14, 2024 Ellen Grace Olinger

a busy day
followed by
a quiet day
snow on the roof
and seawall

Dark-eyed junco bird by National Park Service is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0
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summer to fall

September 13, 2024 Ellen Grace Olinger

summer to fall
willow branches
in sun and shadow

Yanagi (willow) 1870u20131880 Megata Morikaga by Library of Congress is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0
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small steps

September 3, 2024 Ellen Grace Olinger

small steps
one day at a time
sparrows in the yard

Field sparrow by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0
White-throated sparrow bird by National Park Service is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0
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good to create

August 2, 2024 Ellen Grace Olinger

good to create
when we can
sometimes more
sometimes less
every year different

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country cemetery

July 27, 2024 Ellen Grace Olinger

country cemetery
trumpet vines
growing taller
than the gravestones

My poem was published by Time Of Singing Poetry Journal, Summer 2012.

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sometimes when I pray

July 18, 2024 Ellen Grace Olinger

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

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book shelves

July 10, 2024 Ellen Grace Olinger

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

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Ellen Grace Olinger

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"He hath made every thing beautiful in his time..." From Ecclesiastes 3:11a (KJV).

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