country cemetery
trumpet vines
growing taller
than the gravestones
July 22, 2011
Time Of Singing, 2012

country cemetery
trumpet vines
growing taller
than the gravestones
July 22, 2011
Time Of Singing, 2012
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.
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.
The Psalms have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember.
This is a haiku from July 24, 2012, and other posts over the years.
Deep calleth unto deep *
filling my heart with hope
greater than my mind
* The first line of my poem is from Psalm 42: 7 (KJV).
Yesterday I wrote that Time Of Singing poetry journal begins Volume 50 with the Spring 2023 issue. I remembered this poem.
names and addresses
for dear friends
no longer on earth
old address book
not yet written
in the overflowing book
cards and envelopes
with last known
addresses
still wanting to remember
what may no longer
be current – places I was
people I knew
Time Of Singing Spring 2018
“not yet written” and “still wanting to remember” were also published in All the Way Home: Aging in Haiku (2019). Edited by Robert Epstein. Middle Island Press; West Union, WV.
Poem in this post is by Ellen Grace Olinger.
poetry books
by my chair
bird songs
During Holy Week this year, I am reading from Luci Shaw’s books published by Paraclete Press.
Holy Week
two mourning doves
on the branch
Haiku I wrote yesterday at Easter And Spring Poetry.
L ove
E verlasting
N ot
T emporary
LENT acrostic is a favorite poem.
Lent and Easter
season of reflections
and new hope
New haiku yesterday at Easter And Spring Poetry.