I am just beginning to work on a second large print chapbook. My goal is to finish some time next year. Good to have goals, and I can revise my goals as needed.
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Quiet Christmas Poetry is still in print and can be ordered from the Time Of Singing Books Page. All proceeds benefit this print journal.
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The second large print chapbook has a more general theme. These seem to be a few of the favorite poems over the years, that I have selected for the new book so far.
Because we create from so many places, and read/view in different ways, I will not worry about a given order of the seasons from my perspective.
Blogging has surely opened my world and teaches me every day. I am trying for universal themes of encouragement, gratitude, and hope.
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roses in the sun
some ending
some beginning
and some in full bloom
good to grow older
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clouds and yet
enough light
to fill a jam jar
with the last
of the carnations
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losses in life
low setting sun
through branches of trees
now rises again
as birds quietly sing
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Monday
and planning
the week
what will grow
what should rest
(WestWard Quarterly, Fall 2016)
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R est
E ducate
A dmire
D ream
I nspire
N ew
G oals
(My acrostic poem for reading is one of the most read poems on this site.)
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older now
used books settle
in their new home
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how gentle the wind
in predawn rose light
after the harvest moon
I begin October
with small and growing hopes
(Time Of Singing, Fall 2012)
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Haiku Society of America Members’ Anthologies is a page I created for this site, with my poems in the anthologies from 2013 – 2018 (with references). I also think about a small haiku book. Many ideas, and some poems may belong in more than one place. I know I enjoy some repetition, which can be restful and a comfort for the soul.
This kind of work takes time, so I am ready for another Wisconsin winter. So grateful.
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To be continued in another post. Thank you and blessings.
Honeysuckle by Lake Michigan, June 2018.
Ellen Grace Olinger
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin 