Tag: Libraries

books and music

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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

by Ellen Grace Olinger

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 reprinted my three poems from this anthology on February 2, 2023.

Reusable Art

A poem about our home library goes well with my haiku yesterday about books from our Oostburg Public Library 

Reusable Art

Pair of Daisies and Tulip Garden are courtesy of Reusable Art.

small home library

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small home library
books and journals
to read at different times
some to reread
and some to give away

Last summer, I enjoyed creating a collection of books for Goodwill in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Books that may bless someone else.

There are books I will always keep, and sometimes I may order a copy for a library or friend. Small press journals may be new for many people, and may inspire someone to write.

Now I look at my small home library, and books I learned about from reviews and blogs are waiting to be read, or read again. Used books as well. Some covers are faded, some are new, all beautiful. Memories, gratitude, hope, and new inspiration. One or two books at a time now.

I hope to create another donation this year.

We also like to donate copies of Quiet Christmas Poetry which is both a site and large print chapbook.

books on the shelf
supported by each other
kindness of friends

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“books on the shelf” is from August 2012.

POEMS FROM OOSTBURG, WISCONSIN

green still morning

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Small study and rereading Angels Everywhere: Poems by Luci Shaw (2022, Paraclete Press).

The Contents are her Foreword and poem “Angels Everywhere,” then Part I Out Of Darkness, Part II Through Shadow, Part III Into Light, and the Acknowledgments. A wonderful collection of poems. Luci Shaw The Official Website has more information.

After some morning work, I read. Then perhaps a new poem:

green still morning
leaves in sun
branch with no leaves
also in sun
a place for birds

Short review and poem are by Ellen Grace Olinger.