reading a Psalm
and from books
by different authors
green leaves in sun
on a Saturday morning
Category: Reading the Psalms
Saturday afternoon
Saturday afternoon
and time to read
shape of the lamp
in sun on the wall
near my chair
Creative Notes and Photos
These are photos from the WordPress.com free photo library. I am beginning to recognize the work of a few artists there, and I learn more every week. Inspiration for the seasons.
This year, I also devoted time to research for the 2020 series at Poems From Psalms And Nature: short selections from The Psalms, with pictures. Now I plan to create a page there with links back to the posts, for new readers and all readers. The pictures for the Psalms series are from different sources.
Creative Notes
Today we reached Psalm 126 at Poems From Psalms And Nature.
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
Psalm 126: 5
I am also reviewing free samples in my archives from The Dover Design Sampler, Dover Publications.
From 700 Traditional Patchwork Designs
November rain
November rain
summer visits to parks
are memories
stored in photos
words
blog posts
archives
as a verse
from the Psalms
stays in my heart
during hard times
stored there
during easier
times
strength and beauty
for the soul
I will love thee, O Lord, my strength.
Psalm 18:1 (KJV)
Today – I love our months and seasons. Some new health challenges this year, and all going well.
Ellen Grace Olinger
The Psalms
The Psalms have inspired many poems over the seasons and years. I read them for strength, hope, love, and the beauty of language.
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reading Psalms
in the sunroom
fragrance of daffodils
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P romises of
S erenity
A nd
L ove
M editations and
S trength
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rereading Psalms
colors of leaves
a deeper gold
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I wonder how many poems
the trees have given to me
as I pray the Psalms
and read poems by poets
written over so much time
that passes too soon
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clouds with some blue
outside my study window
some days God seems so clear
other days I must dwell more deeply
in my reading of the Psalms
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praying the Psalms . . .
other times and places
cross my mind
and I am blessed
by God’s love
and care
once again
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Thy statutes have been my songs
in the house of my pilgrimage.
Psalm 119: 54 (KJV)
Ellen Grace Olinger
Poems For My Father
love for you
became her care
until she joined you there
grief gives way to fields and wind
and now I hear your voice again
(Published in Bell’s Letters.)
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rain in dark night
refreshes each leaf
today I think of you
no longer with grief
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I posted my Christmas poem for my father again in December 2017:
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In loving memory, for Harold A. Borgh (1915 – 1983). My father taught history at Wauwatosa East High School.
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Wait on the Lord: be of good courage,
and he shall strengthen thine heart:
wait, I say, on the Lord.
Psalm 27: 14 (KJV)
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Lake Michigan
June 2018
Ellen Grace Olinger
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin 