R efresh and renew
A ppreciate plants in all their stages
I nvite new dreams as we age and life changes
N ever without Hope
RAIN

Ellen Grace Olinger
R efresh and renew
A ppreciate plants in all their stages
I nvite new dreams as we age and life changes
N ever without Hope
RAIN

poems we read
again and again
washing an old plate
the pattern
still new
Lovely Book Plate Illustration is courtesy of Reusable Art.
birds perch
in sheltering branches
a grain of mustard seed
Matthew 13: 31 – 32
Ellen Grace Olinger
Time of Singing poetry journal, 1995
This was one of my first haiku to be published in a print journal.

new poem
just a beginning
light in my study
trees and sky
through the seasons

all the ways
light flows through
days, seasons, years
gratitude and love
in my heart


time with old friends
poems in a journal
from years ago


Thy statutes
have been my songs
in the house of my pilgrimage.
Psalm 119: 54

grateful for flowers
all year – gardens
and stores – photos


older vision
grateful for my chair
by a sunny window

C old and time to
O pen books, new and old
L oved and saved – for a
D ecember day
COLD
