Category: Hope

Memory and Poetry

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Do you have a memory that’s linked to a smell?
Bloganuary Prompt for January 16, 2023

shoveling . . .
scent of mint
through snow

Time of Singing
25th Anniversary Volume
1998

reading poetry
my coffee gets cold
guess I made it
for the fragrance

Time of Singing
Volume 43, “Intermezzo”
Fall 2016

fragrance of leaves
in the gardens
what good friends
we became
as we grew older

“fragrance of leaves” is a poem from 2010 that has been reprinted a few times.

They Gave Us Life: Celebrating Mothers, Fathers & Others in Haiku. Edited by Robert Epstein. Middle Island Press, 2017.

Time of Singing, Volume 46, Fall 2019.

Tanka by Ellen Grace Olinger, at Charlotte Digregorio’s Writer’s Blog, August 8, 2020.

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Mercy Acrostic Poem

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If you had a billion US dollars, how would you spend it?
Bloganuary Prompt for January 13, 2023

M  ay
E  veryone who can
R  emember and
C  onsider
Y  our children in need

MERCY

Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Matthew 5: 7 (KJV)

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small steps

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What chore do you find the most challenging to do?
Bloganuary Prompt for January 12, 2023

small steps
one day at a time
sparrows in the yard

Hope to work more in the yard this year, at the pace that is right for my health now. Began again last year, with some work and an old chair for rest. Careful about the sun, and I wear sunglasses. Our gardens are mostly perennials. These are good years.

Photo by Karl – April 14, 2020

Bloganuary Prompt for January 5, 2023

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What brings you joy in life? The list is long, and reflected in many blog posts over the years. Perhaps I can share a few poems and photos.

breakfast and music
when a song begins
I know the words
Amazing Grace

L ove of literature
I nspires countless
B eautiful hours of
R eading many
A uthors, and sometimes
R ereading beloved books
Y early

LIBRARY

primroses growing
from garden to lawn
deep decades of roots
strengthen my faith
for new dreams

“breakfast and music” is also from my site POEMS FROM PSALMS AND NATURE.

“Library” was published by WestWard Quarterly, Fall 2018.

“primroses growing” was published by SMILE, 2012. An old poem that is still true.

Photo by Karl – May 22, 2020
Photo by Karl – May 22, 2020