We enjoy buying flower bouquets when we go to a store. As bouquets fade, we create new arrangements.
fog, green leaves
and beach grasses
a blue vase
with red carnations
by the window
trimming the stems
of carnations
and giving them
fresh water
October sun
Windmill Park
Cedar Grove, Wisconsin
September 19, 2021
Stuart J. Mentink Memorial Park
Oostburg, Wisconsin
September 19, 2021
Photos by Karl
a little wind
and a few leaves fall
from tree to garden
Stuart J. Mentink Memorial Park
Oostburg, Wisconsin
September 6, 2018
Photo by Karl
different Summer
this year and beautiful
in a new way
lake levels and
seawalls
2021
more poems
than I can write
morning work
and then leaves
in light and pine cones
on the spruce tree
Ellen Grace Olinger
I read poetry journals, and sometimes may read a poem several times, before the language flows for me. The days vary. And I select different books from my collection over the week, and read a few poems by different authors. I think about place, and where the poets are from. So much in common.
memories
from long ago
books from the library
books I can buy
and keep on a shelf
