Blue sky and trees are the view from my study this morning. I read a few Psalms and listen for sounds of spring in the neighborhood. And then write a poem.
early morning
time to sit and watch
the light begin
cook breakfast
and wash the dishes
pray a few Psalms
along with many
near and far and
unseen by me
we pray together
gulls lifting
from the sand
corn an inch tall
May 2010
Smile, 2009, 2010
Bell’s Letters, 2010
patterns on my floor
moving with the breeze
sun from the West
highlights
branches of leaves
May 2011
Time Of Singing, Spring 2011
sunrise
in early May
tiny bird sings
on the branch
of budding lilacs
May 2012
blue skies and
willows turning gold
Mother’s Day
May 2013
another summer
art on the wall
by someone
long ago still
speaks to me
May 2014
Scarlet Dragonfly Journal, June 6, 2022
poems we read
again and again
washing an old plate
the pattern
still new
May 2015
reading
new used-books
this year’s leaves
begin to grow
on the birch tree
May 2019
May sunrise
a few more flowers
on the Christmas cactus
May 2020
Charlotte Digregorio’s Writer’s Blog
Daily Haiku: May 19, 2020
small flowers
near the kitchen windows
first hummingbird
May 2021
kitchen window
forsythia in bloom
and a daffodil in light
May 2022
April begins
with rain and snow
always time
for poetry to grow
The Academy of American Poets began National Poetry Month in April 1996.
poetry books
by my chair
bird songs
During Holy Week this year, I read from Luci Shaw’s books published by Paraclete Press. I often return to Luci Shaw’s work.
spruce tree
and the moon
faith grows
Early Easter morning
Easter afternoon
snowdrops still bloom
in the sun
Scarlet Dragonfly Journal Issue 13 – April 2023
For Earth Day, I posted at Poems For Bulletin Boards: Happy Earth Day 2023. Perhaps a few ideas for bulletin boards and lesson plans.
Earth Day was founded on April 22, 1970. You can visit Gaylord Nelson, Founder of Earth Day for more information.
And as I wrote in the last two posts, Time Of Singing poetry journal began Volume 50 with the Spring 2023 issue. TOS was one of the first journals to publish my poetry.
Thank you
GARDEN JOURNAL
APRIL 12, 2023
PHOTO BY KARL
Yesterday I wrote that Time Of Singing poetry journal begins Volume 50 with the Spring 2023 issue. I remembered this poem.
names and addresses
for dear friends
no longer on earth
old address book
not yet written
in the overflowing book
cards and envelopes
with last known
addresses
still wanting to remember
what may no longer
be current – places I was
people I knew
Time Of Singing Spring 2018
“not yet written” and “still wanting to remember” were also published in All the Way Home: Aging in Haiku (2019). Edited by Robert Epstein. Middle Island Press; West Union, WV.
Poem in this post is by Ellen Grace Olinger.
Today I am reading from Time Of Singing, Volume 50 Number 1, Spring 2023. TOS is a print journal from Wind & Water Press. I began subscribing years ago, when Charles A. Waugaman was editor. Lora Homan Zill has been editor for many years. Lora’s site is The Blue Collar Artist.
As April begins to look towards May, I can say that this year I see April in a new way. No longer winter, and not really spring yet here either. April. The month that begins with snowdrops and ends with forsythia where we live. Plants grow in the gardens. The perennials that flower in their time, and will call to bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. Last year, Karl planted more lilies, and thistles found more room to grow. Each day beautiful.
snowdrops and then
forsythia by the cedar
garage and fence
April flowers
today
kitchen window
gardens grow and
a robin in the yard
April 24, 2023 – Easter And Spring Poetry
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin 