holiday lights
on the mantel
moments of grace
Ellen Grace Olinger, USA
Scarlet Dragonfly Journal
A Daily Journal of Japanese Short-Form Poetry
Editor Kathleen Trocmet
My haiku was published on November 20, 2022.
And my poem is from December 2012 here – the years go by and grateful that poems can be shared again. I will post again later today. Take good care and blessings! Lights and moments of grace continue . . . thank you.
When are you most happy?
Daily Prompt
small study
on the second floor
grateful for heat
and light today
and every day
strong winds
heard and seen
in evergreens
When I write posts that review work over a long time – for example, my post yesterday for the Daily Prompt – it is an encouragement to see creativity over time.
Times I have been unable to write I was still growing as a writer. And someone may have been reading a poem from years ago.
the years
that were so hard
and yet
they gave me
my stories
gifts of silence
and beauty
in the middle
of difficult times
unconditional love
are the stronger
memories now
The seasons are an inspiration.
winter winds
I wonder how many storms
the spruce tree has known
cold short days
ever more grateful
for home
for heat and light
water and food
warm water to
wash dishes
and that I can
read and write
What could you do less of?
Daily Prompt
A related question might be, What is most important?
OLD POEM
writing and reading
I don’t see the dust
then seeing
I remember
and know He does not forget
and understands
with Love
Psalm 103: 14 (KJV)
For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth we are dust.
Ellen Grace Olinger
mild December day
pheasants in the fields
apples still on some trees
poems to write
many books yet to read
December 2011
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin 