We enjoy buying flower bouquets when we go to a store. As bouquets fade, we create new arrangements.
fog, green leaves
and beach grasses
a blue vase
with red carnations
by the window
trimming the stems
of carnations
and giving them
fresh water
October sun
fresh water
for flowers in the blue vase
fragrance of carnations
new flowers
from a store
in the blue vase
three yellow roses
and three red carnations
one bouquet
and each flower and leaf
has its own space
a painting by the
window on a grey day
August 8, 2019
Ellen Grace Olinger
early June morning
pelicans fly over the water
a deer walks through the yard
new carnations
in an old glass vase
by the window
poinsettia and lily plants
placed by the back patio door
only yesterday
and still in the house
new green
on evergreen branches
an image loved for years
the small new growth
and lilacs bloom
Journal Poem
June 6, 2019
Ellen Grace Olinger
The carnation is courtesy of wpclipart.
August 4, 2018
Photo by Karl
early morning
sunflowers wait
for the sun
early morning
fragrance of carnations
in the sunroom
the word
I seem to say
most often
these days —
grateful
August 4, 2018
Ellen Grace Olinger
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin 