
July Sunday
light and wind
in the trees



July Sunday
light and wind
in the trees
country roads
farmers prepare their fields
for winter
fall leaves
orange pumpkins
for the porch and
yellow flowers
for the sunroom
colder weather
time for my favorite coat
from a thrift store
red begonia
placed with two
orange pumpkins
near forsythia and fence
still blooms
late summer garden
and the lake in sun
blessings of friendship
barge with lights
travels our great lake . . .
thoughts and prayers
for those with thoughts
of home
Lake Michigan Poems
October 12, 2019
predawn sky
paints a background
for the new roses
in the blue vase
watercolor words
July 14, 2019
sunrise
I watch the sky
and remember poems
sunrise
April 26, 2020
ordering
a Christmas wreath
for my parents’ graves
even though I know
they are not there
Christmas Wreath
November 8, 2015
S erene and sure
T rust
A long the
R oad of faith
Acrostic for STAR
December 12, 2014
new year sunrise
light fills
the red poinsettia
blue sky and trees
on the birch tree branch
blue jay
light falls
through yellow maple leaves
the mercy of God
Published in Full of Moonlight: Haiku Society of America 2016 Members’ Anthology, edited by David Grayson.
Charlotte Digregorio’s Writer’s Blog
Daily Haiku: Aug. 21, 2019
wind uplifting
branches of trees
sunrise
paintings of trees
on old pine walls
quiet music
Published in Four Hundred and Two Snails, Haiku Society of America Members’ Anthology 2018, edited by Nicholas M. Sola.
wind freeing the snow
from evergreen branches
waterfalls
Quiet Christmas Poetry
(site and large print chapbook)
Poems are by Ellen Grace Olinger.
CLEAR AIR AND BLUE SKY
clear air and blue sky
work sounds in the neighborhood
shapes of light on painted walls,
books, wood walls
the art, music, poetry
of everyday life
RAIN AND WIND
rain and wind
flower petals
on the wood porch
PETALS ON WOOD
The daylilies in the vase
Are ending
Petals drop on wood
I leave them
They express something poignant
That words never could.
Books, Poems, and Photos
January 29, 2020
STRONG WINTER WINDS
strong winter winds
old wood in the house
ceilings, floors, walls
startling me in the early hours
speaking to me this day
resilience
strength
the way
Hope holds
THESE WOOD WALLS
these wood walls
shelter and add
so much beauty
to this cold day
and all days
others have lived
here too these
past decades
today I wonder
about the other
stories . . .
when the
trees were young
and grew tall
long before
I was born
and then became
this house and
they still seem
alive to me
Photos by Karl – July 11, 2020
“Petals On Wood” was published first in ARTS ALIVE: A LITERARY REVIEW (1988, The Tinley Park – Park District; Illinois).
Poems are by Ellen Grace Olinger.