old paintings
words from my parents
still encourage me
beautiful with
and without flowers
vase from my mother
paintings of trees
on old pine walls
quiet music
“paintings of trees” was published in Four Hundred and Two Snails, Haiku Society of America Members’ Anthology 2018, edited by Nicholas M. Sola. You can visit the Haiku Society of America site.
Earlier this month, I updated my page, Haiku Society Of America Members’ Anthologies. The page features my poems in the books since 2013, along with the names of editors and additional publication credits.
My Pages are filed under Menu.
You may also wish to visit the Haiku Society Of America site.
Purple Crocus Drawing is courtesy of Reusable Art.
Ellen Grace Olinger
WordPress Foundation
I am learning more about the WordPress Foundation – “Supporting the WordPress community since 2010.” Matt Mullenweg is the founder and director.
Karl helped me begin Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin in December 2009. This way of being creative works well for me. I am grateful, and trust that our work is cared for well here.
Post from July 9, 2019
Oostburg Public Library
“A Little Library Growing Everyday”
Photo by Karl – July 6, 2019
Cedar Grove Public Library
Cedar Grove, Wisconsin
July 7, 2019
Photo by Karl
Flowers from Mentink’s Market Piggly Wiggly
Oostburg, Wisconsin
July 13, 2019
Ellen Grace Olinger
autumn leaves
the caregiver finds time
to rest
Ellen Grace Olinger
Daily Haiku: August 14, 2019
Charlotte Digregorio’s Writer’s Blog
Friday morning
fresh water
for the daisies
Saturday afternoon
yellow flowers
on a table in the sun
Sunday morning
clear sky above
sunrise clouds
August 2019
September Trail post
Interurban Trail, Town of Holland
Sheboygan County, Wisconsin
September 8, 2019
Photos by Karl
I was happy to receive A Moment’s Longing, Haiku Society of America Members’ Anthology 2019. Tanya McDonald served as our Editor this year. The book is beautiful. Please visit the Haiku Society of America for more information.
My poem in the book:
one red tulip
blooms in the hosta border
time alone with God
Post from September 25, 2019
late afternoon
on a warm fall day
people of all ages
at the market
time for supper
Mentink’s Market Piggly Wiggly
Oostburg, Wisconsin
September 26, 2019
Ellen Grace Olinger
blue gloves rest
on wheelbarrow of weeds
autumn work
from 2017
country roads
reflections of light
from new steel roofs
Published in on down the road, Haiku Society of America 2017 Members’ Anthology, edited by LeRoy Gorman.
I wrote this poem for EarthRise Rolling Haiku Collaboration 2015: The Year of Light, The Haiku Foundation.
frost soon –
cutting flowers
generously
Published in The TOP, The Tournament of Poetry (October 1995).
The image is courtesy of Dover Publications. It was a sample from Victorian Design.
Ellen Grace Olinger
REMEMBRANCE, LOVE, FAITH, HOPE
Taking turns
Letting each other go
Only to learn again
How love grows,
Mother
love for you
became her care
until she joined you there
grief gives way to fields and wind
and now I hear your voice again
These two poems were published by Bell’s Letters.
country cemetery
trumpet vines
growing taller
than the gravestones
Time Of Singing, 2012
another year
has passed since
my mother’s passing
I sit and quietly read
a book she would like too
L ove
E ternal
A nd
F orever
LEAF
light falls
through yellow maple leaves
the mercy of God
This was my poem in Full of Moonlight: Haiku Society of America 2016 Members’ Anthology, edited by David Grayson.
Also published by:
Charlotte Digregorio’s Writer’s Blog
Daily Haiku: Aug. 21, 2019
home from Sheboygan
grateful for the same roads
this long
Sheboygan County
Wisconsin State Park System
September 8, 2018
Photos by Karl
Other posts in this series:
Creativity Over Time
Creativity Over Time – 2
Creativity Over Time – 3
Creativity Over Time – 4
Ellen Grace Olinger
Wisconsin spring
sandhill cranes
in a field of snow
by Ellen Grace Olinger (USA)
This World: Haiku Society of America Members’ Anthology, 2013
snow rests
on birch tree branches
that will grow new leaves
and also
on evergreen branches
the yard asks little now
some light seems to rest
with the clouds
I listen to music without
words and then practice
new poems
last year I read many books
mystery of rest and renewal
I am working with some of the ideas I shared in the view has changed.
Today I am listening to music by Helen Jane Long.
And I remember a haiku:
January thaw . . .
letting go
of old heartaches
“January thaw” was published in A Splash of Water: Haiku Society of America 2015 Members’ Anthology, edited by Catherine J.S. Lee.
Ellen Grace Olinger
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin 