Today I am reading the new WestWard Quarterly, The Magazine of Family Reading. Shirley Anne Leonard is the Editor, and Dr. Richard Leonard is the Publisher.
Two of my poems that have been published in this print magazine:
spruce tree branches
by the windows
each day a painting
Winter 2021
L ove of literature
I nspires countless
B eautiful hours of
R eading many
A uthors, and sometimes
R ereading beloved books
Y early
LIBRARY
Fall 2018
Poems in this post are by Ellen Grace Olinger.
Sun rises later, and I watch the light reach the evergreen branches, as I read the new Fall issue of WestWard Quarterly, The Magazine of Family Reading.
These are some of my poems published in WestWard Quarterly over the years. Shirley Anne Leonard is the Editor, and Dr. Richard Leonard is the Publisher.
AUTUMN GRACE
leaves of bleeding hearts
now gold
so do broken hearts mend
so does grief heal
Autumn grace
(WestWard Quarterly, Fall 2011; Bell’s Letters Poet and SMILE)
L ove of literature
I nspires countless
B eautiful hours of
R eading many
A uthors, and sometimes
R ereading beloved books
Y early
(Fall 2018)
Monday
and planning
the week
what will grow
what should rest
(Fall 2016)
reading
in a sunny corner
of the house
I could be
any age
(Winter 2016)
Ellen Grace Olinger
Hosta were still blooming last Sunday at the Fountain Park in Sheboygan. Karl took this photo.
Almost fall, and I’m reading the Fall 2017 WestWard Quarterly, The Magazine of Family Reading.
This week I heard from the Editor, Shirley Anne Leonard, about my recent submission of poems from my blogs. One of your favorites, Acrostic for Library, will appear in the new Fall issue.
L ove of literature
I nspires countless
B eautiful hours of
R eading many
A uthors, and sometimes
R ereading beloved books
Y early
I am grateful to be able to share poetry in many ways.
Thank you.
Ellen Grace Olinger
I was looking through my January archives and reread a post that thanked Katherine at Pillows A-La-Mode for reprinting this poem at her site, on December 31, 2015, with a new year in mind. David, her husband, recently shared about her passing this December.
Please visit PILLOWS A-LA-MODE for more information, and Katherine’s creative posts.
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Monday
and planning
the week
what will grow
what should rest
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Note: My poem was also published in WestWard Quarterly (Fall 2016), which is edited by Shirley Anne Leonard.
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Ellen Grace Olinger
What a snowstorm, with various branches bowed to the ground. It is beautiful, only lost power for one second (and an email in progress, but easy to rewrite). Hope the roads are OK and know the road crews are working hard.
The Fall/Winter 2012 -2013 SMILE arrived. This large print journal is edited/published by Joyce M. Johnson, in Southbury, CT. She included this poem, which was also published in Bell’s Letters Poet and WestWard Quarterly. Now that I understand better how we all experience the seasons, I don’t worry so much about writing “in sequence” here on this blog. Wonderful to imagine and share!
AUTUMN GRACE
leaves of bleeding hearts
now gold
so do broken hearts mend
so does grief heal
Autumn grace
As I retype this poem, I see that the theme of “gold” continues from the previous post. Some poems are gifts – they arrive on their own time and bless many others.
I also want to mention a new online journal, NORTHERN CARDINAL REVIEW, A journal of relatively northern North American literature. They left a comment on my Psalms and Nature blog, after seeing “Autumn Grace” in Westward Quarterly. I hope to send some work for review this spring. Their link is http://northerncardinalreview.wordpress.com.
Other links: Poems From Psalms And Nature. http://elingrace.wordpress.com
Shirley Anne Leonard edits WestWard Quarterly and also published several lovely poetry collections of her work with Laudemont Press. http://www.wwquarterly.com
Jim Bell edits Bell’s Letters from Gulfport, MS.
Photo of Bleeding Hearts by Karl.
Euphony
Music
in the arms of night
ascending
bending
flowing
in soft curves
comprehending
the Spirit’s
more elusive height
urged onward
by a sovereign rhythm
far beyond
the stars and flight
moving with
the planets’ courses
as they seek
the further skies
bidding sleeping angels
waken
to show us to
our paradise…
Shirley Anne is editor of WestWard Quarterly poetry magazine. She has published five chapbooks, and had poems published in Time of Singing, Ancient Paths, and two poems in books, Secure the Fort by Lucy Cain (Xlibris, 2007) and A Glimpse of Heaven (Howard, 2007) and online by Reconciliation Press, Cross Way Publications, and Quill and Parchment.
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin 