repotted plant
seems settled now
new leaves growing
Haiku from February 6, 2012
Category: Haiku
Three Poems
These poems were reprinted in the anthology, 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 will share my poems again here in the same sequence as published in the book. I am grateful. The editor included the credit for our blog, and the dates, if readers wish to visit. The anthology is a print book, available from Amazon.
small green plant
in the sunroom
Earth Day
Spring poetry
journals in the mail
new season of art
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
April 27, 2021; 2014
Poems in this post are by Ellen Grace Olinger.
vintage heart
vintage heart
in an old wood frame
February begins
Bloganuary Prompt for January 31, 2023
Where is the best place to watch the sunset near you?
Yesterday, I listened to music and watched the day end from my study window. Usually, I write about the morning light. I thought about the evergreens and their presence through the days and seasons.
Two haiku from my archives:
treetops
in golden light
sunset
wind uplifting
the branches of trees
sunrise
Post reprinted from December 17, 2021.
Language
What language do you wish you could speak?
Bloganuary Prompt for January 26, 2023
reading haiku
all the places we live
all we have in common
I was reading from Haiku Society of America members anthologies, and posted my haiku at Poems For Bulletin Boards last year.
As I wrote here, “I studied French when young, from 6th grade through the beginning of college at UW-Madison. I remember singing carols in French” (December 24, 2014).
small study
What was your dream job as a child?
Bloganuary Prompt for January 22, 2023
My parents were teachers, and I enjoyed school and libraries. And art projects.
Since I began with blogs, I served as a volunteer in education at The Haiku Foundation and helped begin their Education Resources about ten years ago. Many teachers, poets, and scholars contribute their work. I am honored that one of my haiku was published in their first volunteer anthology. Here is my poem and the credits.
small study
and books to read
days with longer light
by Ellen Grace Olinger
“small study” credits:
Akitsu Quarterly, Spring 2022
Robin White, Editor
Charlotte Digregorio’s Writer’s Blog
May 10, 2022
Our Garden: The Haiku Foundation Volunteer Anthology 2022
edited by Jim Kacian & Julie Bloss Kelsey
The Haiku Foundation, Winchester VA
Poems and Seasons
What color describes your personality and why?
Bloganuary Prompt for January 19, 2023
The colors of the seasons are beautiful. And with blogs, I learn more about colors and design. One day a bright color, another day grey.
spring colors
poetry journals and books
on a brown tablecloth
May 2022
bluebirds
truly so blue
trustworthy friends
June 2012
morning light
trees in sun
and blue sky
February 2022
forsythia
by the garage
and cedar fence
green and yellow
in the day’s light
by Ellen Grace Olinger
I am reading Luci Shaw’s new book, Angels Everywhere: Poems (2022, Paraclete Press). I have been reading her poetry and prose for decades. Luci Shaw The Official Website (Post from May 19, 2022.)
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin 