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

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

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

P romises of
S erenity
A nd
L ove
M editations and
S trength
PSALMS
prayers
in my heart
renewed often
The Psalms



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

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

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
