Beautiful flowers from Mentink’s Market Piggly Wiggly in Oostburg, Wisconsin.
August 19, 2018
Photo by Karl
Tag: Grateful
The Psalms
The Psalms have inspired many poems over the seasons and years. I read them for strength, hope, love, and the beauty of language.
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reading Psalms
in the sunroom
fragrance of daffodils
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P romises of
S erenity
A nd
L ove
M editations and
S trength
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rereading Psalms
colors of leaves
a deeper gold
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I wonder how many poems
the trees have given to me
as I pray the Psalms
and read poems by poets
written over so much time
that passes too soon
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clouds with some blue
outside my study window
some days God seems so clear
other days I must dwell more deeply
in my reading of the Psalms
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praying the Psalms . . .
other times and places
cross my mind
and I am blessed
by God’s love
and care
once again
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Thy statutes have been my songs
in the house of my pilgrimage.
Psalm 119: 54 (KJV)
Ellen Grace Olinger
August poems
August
old wild roses
bloom again
path to the garage
on the branch bowed down
two new roses
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warm August night
light fading –
already?
Time Of Singing (1996)
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mid-August
blueberries on sale
from Canada now
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late summer garden
and the lake in sun
blessings of friendship
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a small crowd
waits for the doors to open–
the library
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autumn in the air
young people
open doors for me
at the library
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wind sounds
and wildflowers
in Aunt Marie’s pitcher
gifts of late August
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When my spirit
was overwhelmed within me,
then thou knewest my path.
Psalm 142: 3a (KJV)
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Ellen Grace Olinger
Acrostic Poems: Fall, Harvest, Season
F alling leaves in
A utumn
L etting through more
L ight
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H ard work
A nd hope
R ealized, and
V ery grateful
E ternally, with
S ongs
T o sing
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They that sow in tears
shall reap in joy.
He that goeth forth and weepeth,
bearing precious seed,
shall doubtless come again
with rejoicing,
bringing his sheaves with him.
Psalm 126: 5-6 (KJV)
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S ilence
E nlivens
A nd
S olitude
O pens
N ew thoughts
To everything there is a season,
and a time to every purpose
under the heaven . . .
Ecclesiastes 3: 1 (KJV)
SEASON and the Bible verse from Ecclesiastes are from our large print book, Quiet Christmas Poetry.
Ellen Grace Olinger
grateful
grateful for the special days grateful for today
Photos by Karl
Oostburg, Wisconsin
August 12, 2018
early morning
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 