May morning
sounds of work
in the neighborhood
today
peaceful morning
a prayer from childhood
still with me
“peaceful morning” credits:
August 20, 2019 Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin
Bundled Wildflowers, Haiku Society of America 2020 Members’ Anthology. Bryan Rickert, Editor.
My poem was the Daily Haiku: Nov. 10, 2020 at Charlotte Digregorio’s Writer’s Blog.
Ellen Grace Olinger
kitchen window
primrose colors
in the sun
Compassion International offers a Gift Catalog. In honor of Mother’s Day this year, Karl and I sent a general gift for Art Classes. Perhaps a gift for Music Lessons for Father’s Day.
old books
print small and
sometimes faded
words live in my heart
primroses
and daffodils
bloom near the door
old poems to read
again
GARDEN JOURNAL
MAY 6, 2023
PHOTOS BY KARL
This week I went to our Oostburg Public Library “Modern resources, personalized services.”
I have shared my acrostic before, from July 18, 2012. I wrote, Thanks to all who work in libraries and do so much to serve our communities.
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 – WestWard Quarterly, Fall 2018
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin 