older now

May 15, 2025 Ellen Grace Olinger

older now
used books settle
in their new home

by Ellen Grace Olinger

All the Way Home: Aging in Haiku (2019)
Edited by Robert Epstein
Middle Island Press, West Union, WV

water lily in autumn by kamekon is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0

Monarch butterfly on aster by National Park Service is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0

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used books

February 6, 2024 Ellen Grace Olinger

used books
new for me
light on old
and new leaves
of a house plant

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if I could read

August 16, 2023 Ellen Grace Olinger

if I could read
every book
in my small library
I would then
begin again

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Review: roses in the sun

April 12, 2023 Ellen Grace Olinger

As I write and create posts, I review my work. For example, if a poem from a blog has been reprinted, I note the credit. I have a few ideas for a new book when the time seems right, and want to say thank you to the editors and publishers.

roses in the sun
some ending
some beginning
and some in full bloom
good to grow older

All the Way Home: Aging in Haiku, 2019
Edited by Robert Epstein
Middle Island Press
West Union, WV

I wrote this poem in 2012 at Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin (December 2009 – the present).