Snow falls this winter March day, and the trees are beautiful through the seasons.
spruce tree branches
by the windows
each day a painting
poem credit:
WestWard Quarterly, Winter 2021 – Shirley Anne Leonard is the Editor, and Dr. Richard Leonard is the Publisher.
I am grateful that some of my poems have been reprinted. Sometimes it is good to reflect upon past work and simply be grateful.
Years ago, I helped begin The Education Resources at The Haiku Foundation. This poem was reprinted in their volunteer anthology.
small study
and books to read
days with longer light
poem credits:
Akitsu Quarterly, Spring 2022 – Robin White, Editor
Charlotte Digregorio’s Writer’s Blog – May 10, 2022
Our Garden: The Haiku Foundation Volunteer Anthology 2022 – edited by Jim Kacian & Julie Bloss Kelsey The Haiku Foundation, Winchester VA.
I hope to highlight a few poems and their stories over the next few posts.
These poems were reprinted in the anthology, The Haiku Way To Healing: Illness, Injury and Pain (Including Senryu, Tanka and Haiga). Edited by Robert Epstein, 2022. Middle Island Press, West Union, WV.
I will share my poems again here in the same sequence as published in the book. I am grateful. The editor included the credit for our blog, and the dates, if readers wish to visit. The anthology is a print book, available from Amazon.
small green plant
in the sunroom
Earth Day
Spring poetry
journals in the mail
new season of art
books and music
from over the years
live on these shelves
even if I don’t
reread or listen again
somehow their
healing influence
is in these words
April 27, 2021; 2014
Poems in this post are by Ellen Grace Olinger.
Saturday morning
day begins early
and in a quiet way
from prayers to plans
for kitchen work today
And I remember this poem:
peaceful morning
a prayer from childhood
still with me
Published in Bundled Wildflowers, Haiku Society of America 2020 Members’ Anthology. Bryan Rickert, Editor. The Daily Haiku: Nov. 10, 2020 at Charlotte Digregorio’s Writer’s Blog.
(Post from November 2021)
paintings of trees
on old pine walls
quiet music
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin
December 28, 2014
Four Hundred and Two Snails
Haiku Society of America
Members’ Anthology 2018
Nicholas M. Sola, Editor
2022 Review
spruce tree branches
by the windows
each day a painting
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin
September 14, 2020
WestWard Quarterly, Winter 2021
2022 Review – I am memorizing the sequence of poems as I create these posts. Perhaps for a chapbook in the next year or two. How do poems from over the years work together? I also hope to remember the journals and editors. And a cover art photo by Karl . . .
So much green, seems to be a good year for the spruce tree near the ash tree stump and hosta plants, and the seawall by Lake Michigan.
It is interesting to look at the overall designs for music CDs and print books. So many ways to create. The editors and publishers support and help the writers, and all are artists. I read a few more credits, consider the sequence of songs and/or poems, and the works as a whole. How was this achieved? Can take some time to begin to learn a new work by a favorite artist. And always learning, always grateful.
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin 