hosta and daylilies
goldenrod grows too
I sit in silence
and think about
what needs
to be done now
and what can wait
until Autumn and Winter
Years ago, an older friend said, “You learn to save some things for Winter.”
hosta and daylilies
Tag: Wisconsin Poetry
Short Poems for APRIL
A ppreciate
P oetry
R ead and write
I nspire and
L isten
APRIL
April is National Poetry Month – 25 years!
April in Wisconsin
on opposite sides
of the patio door
the red poinsettia
and red cardinal
2012
years on the roads
pass through my mind
returning home
and in the yard
first tulip leaves
2013
beginning
in the area
where we had
to take a tree down
new peony leaves
2014
colorful tulips
on a cold day
unconditional love
2015
Daffodils soon – April 2016
Lake Michigan – Easter 2017
snow melting
from evergreen branches
Easter lily by a sunny window
Poinsettia too
all part of one story
April 2019
grey sky
mourning dove
on a birch tree branch
time with the Psalms
a dove on the branch
pictures a poem
April 2020
Poems are by Ellen Grace Olinger.
prayer plant
prayer plant
awakening
so quiet
I listen
February 17, 2021
Charlotte Digregorio’s Writer’s Blog
Hummingbird, 2001
Poem by Ellen Grace Olinger
sunrise
sunrise
light and ice
on the water
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November Is Near
before dawn
I see the first
snowfall of the year
cotoneaster leaves
and pumpkins near
porch lights
forsythia near
the garage light
and now I see evergreen
branches with snow
and again I know
November is near
and I welcome
November
The day is thine, the night also is thine:
thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
Thou hast set all the borders of the earth:
thou hast made summer and winter.
Psalm 74:16-17 (KJV)
Ellen Grace Olinger
we drove North
we drove North
to see fall colors
along the way
snow fell and
lightly covered
fields of soybeans,
corn, and other crops
and the wind
painted one side
of tall trees
with the snow
My poem is from my post for October 20, 2018.
Ellen Grace Olinger
Image: wpclipart
February afternoon
blue sky
and sun shines
on the snow
that rests on
evergreen trees
shadows of trees
on the snow that
covers the path,
flower gardens,
and lawn
if the weather is not
too severe –
I thought of patients needing
to see their caregivers now, and
when I needed to reach my mother,
teach a class –
there is a solitude
a quiet now
like no other time
of the year
Ellen Grace Olinger
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin 