the vase from Mother
beautiful
without flowers
by Ellen Grace Olinger (USA)
May 30, 2022
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Short Poems for May
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
found an old journal
I bought the 10th Anniversary Edition of One Thousand Gifts, by Ann Voskamp. The new introduction for this edition was written by Ann Voskamp in late October 2020. The Page for the book at Ann’s site has a picture of the cover and more information.
And a few of my haiku blessings:
found an old journal
more blessings noted
than I knew
reading journals
new generation of poets
since I began
garden journal
through the seasons
every photo a prayer
poem credit:
“garden journal” was the Daily Haiku: Nov. 4, 2019 at Charlotte Digregorio’s Writer’s Blog.
Three Sunday Poems
light through clouds
and blue sky
Sunday morning
June 2022
Sunday morning
some books and journals
are new again
August 2021
Sunday afternoon
I know the time
by the light
“Sunday afternoon” was published by tinywords Issue 21.1, 18 June 2021;
and was the Daily Haiku: Sept. 16, 2021 at Charlotte Digregorio’s Writer’s Blog.
Fragrance of Leaves
fragrance of leaves
in the gardens
what good friends
we became
as we grew older
“fragrance of leaves” is from my post for November 12, 2010.
And also published in a print book, print journal, and online.
They Gave Us Life: Celebrating Mothers, Fathers & Others in Haiku. Edited by Robert Epstein. Middle Island Press, 2017.
Time Of Singing – Volume 46, Fall 2019
Lora Homan Zill, Editor
Tanka by Ellen Grace Olinger
Charlotte Digregorio’s Writer’s Blog
August 8, 2020
So including today, the publication dates for this poem so far are from 2010 – 2022.
Thank you
Review – 1
As I review, I am grateful to see how some poems I wrote for Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin have been reprinted by journals (print and online), books, and other sites. Thank you for your feedback and encouragement, and also thank you to the editors and publishers. This is one example, and I will add more in future posts.
sunrise . . .
some water
for the chrysanthemum
Published first here on August 30, 2020.
hedgerow #133, autumn 2020 – Caroline Skanne is the Editor.
Daily Haiku: February 16, 2021
Charlotte Digregorio’s Writer’s Blog
Poem by Ellen Grace Olinger
Creative Note: Charlotte Digregorio’s Writer’s Blog
These are a few of my poems that have been published at Charlotte Digregorio’s Writer’s Blog. Many writers are featured, and I am grateful.
reading haiku
the generous new growth
of evergreens
loved for years
and now I know your name
blue chicory
wearing
my old sweater
worn thin
Queen Anne’s Lace
along country roads
Poems in this post are by Ellen Grace Olinger.
You may also be interested to read the responses for Charlotte’s edited post, Leading Lives with Purpose through Reading and Writing Haiku & Senryu.
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin 