Gardens and Roads: Four Poems

garden journal
through the seasons
every photo a prayer

routine errands
never routine
country roads

tree with full leaves
providing shade
comfort of faith

G  reen colors
R  ejoice in various shades
E  vergreens grow and
E  very tree’s leaves
N  ow, this almost summer day

GREEN

Credits:

garden journal
Daily Haiku: Nov. 4, 2019
Charlotte Digregorio’s Writer’s Blog.

tree with full leaves
Time of Singing poetry journal
Summer 2012

GREEN
My Acrostic Poems

PHOTO BY KARL – JULY 2019

Lilacs: Four Poems

Karen’s Whimsy

I wonder
what today’s poem may be
lilacs in the wind

memories of neighbors
and their gardens
lilacs

knowing
they cannot stay
but will return
lilacs

ancient lilacs
cover the graves
Memorial Day

“ancient lilacs” was published in SMILE (edited/published by Joyce M. Johnson); and Humoresque (for the United Amateur Press Association of America, edited/published by Jean Calkins).

Reprinted here first on May 26, 2010.

Karen’s Whimsy

Karen’s Whimsy Public Domain Images

books and music

books and music
from over the years
live on these shelves

even if I don’t
reread or listen again

somehow their
healing influence
is in these words

by Ellen Grace Olinger

The Haiku Way To Healing: Illness, Injury and Pain (Including Senryu, Tanka and Haiga). Edited by Robert Epstein, 2022. Middle Island Press, West Union, WV.

I reprinted my three poems from this anthology on February 2, 2023.

Reusable Art

A poem about our home library goes well with my haiku yesterday about books from our Oostburg Public Library 

Reusable Art

Pair of Daisies and Tulip Garden are courtesy of Reusable Art.

more colors

more colors
in the gardens
forget me nots

beautiful
with primroses
forget me nots

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Creative Note: Posts

It is interesting to see which posts seem to be read and reread.

My Bloganuary posts are an example. If you missed a post, and are interested, you can see my Archive for Month: January 2023.

Acrostic Poem For READING from April 16, 2010 continues to be the “most popular post.”

R   est
E   
ducate
A   dmire
D   ream
I   nspire
N   ew
G   
oals

I postponed plans for a new book last year. Perhaps a simple book for my acrostic poems, with Karl’s photos, is the next step.

You are welcome to visit my site, My Acrostic Poems.

Thank you,
Ellen Grace Olinger