These are poems from the archives to follow Gardens, Time, Lessons.
tree branches
bowed to the ground
seemingly half-broken
covered with new leaves
my notebook of prayers
different shapes
of the rose bush
and lilacs in the yard
they grew towards
the light
beginning
in the area
where we had
to take a tree down
new peony leaves
Scarlet Dragonfly Journal A Daily Journal of Japanese Short-Form Poetry is edited by Kathleen Trocmet. My poem, another summer, is published there today. Thank you.
another summer
art on the wall
by someone
long ago still
speaks to me
Ellen Grace Olinger, USA
plants grow
in the gardens
gifts from those
who were here before
and bless today
Memorial Day 2022
Spring is truly here. We went for a drive yesterday and saw forsythia and daffodils in bloom. Soon in our garden too. Yesterday we saw a blue jay, and tulip leaves grow near our path to the door.
I remembered this poem:
all the more yellow
because of grey skies
daffodils
forsythia
dandelions
All The More Yellow – May 10, 2011
sunrise
in early May
tiny bird sings
on the branch
of budding lilacs
2012
sunshine
along the roads
marsh marigolds
2013
another summer
art on the wall
by someone
long ago still
speaks to me
2014
still beautiful
lilies from a store
for Easter and
new lily plants
grow in the garden
still beautiful is a new poem yesterday at Easter And Spring Poetry.
late April and
the garden turns
towards May
primrose leaves
near the door
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin 