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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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praying the Psalms

May 31, 2024 Ellen Grace Olinger
“Free butterfly and flower image” Openverse

praying the Psalms
and reading poetry
books and journals
I write new poems
about everyday life

“Free butterfly and flower image” Openverse

P romises of
S erenity
A nd
L ove
M editations and
S trength

PSALMS

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“the voice of thanksgiving”

May 1, 2024 Ellen Grace Olinger

That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving,
and tell of all thy wondrous works.

Psalm 26: 7

“Cosmos Flower In The Garden” Openverse

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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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