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music and rest

March 1, 2025 Ellen Grace Olinger

music and rest
sun fills the daffodils
by the window

“Free yellow daffodil image” Openverse
“Purple iris flower” Openverse
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Flowers: Two Illustrations

February 2, 2025 Ellen Grace Olinger
Rose Poets Garden published T by The British Library is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0
Peony C.J. Crumb (1700 – by Rijksmuseum is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0

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

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