country cemetery
trumpet vines
growing taller
than the gravestones
July 22, 2011
Time Of Singing, 2012
Remembrance and Hope
Category: Art
late May garden
late May garden
in the early morning
a time I know well
colors of primroses
and forget me nots
ferns grow tall
today
plants grow
in the gardens
gifts from those
who were here before
and bless today
Memorial Day 2022
Vintage Fern Drawing is courtesy of Reusable Art.
Lilacs: Four Poems
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.
new green leaves
new green leaves
in sun and wind
pages of a book
Pink Flower Drawing is courtesy of Reusable Art.
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.
A poem about our home library goes well with my haiku yesterday about books from our Oostburg Public Library
Pair of Daisies and Tulip Garden are courtesy of Reusable Art.
new books
new books
from the library
spring gardens
more colors
more colors
in the gardens
forget me nots
beautiful
with primroses
forget me nots
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin 