reading poetry
many different forms
seasons turn again
always familiar
always new

reading poetry
many different forms
seasons turn again
always familiar
always new

everyday beauty
to care for and see
flowers and trees




Lake Michigan
thawing . . .
I pick up a pen again
Ellen G. Olinger
And So My Soul
Elin Grace Publishing 2001
Oostburg, Wisconsin

winter views
grace of three tulips
from the store
in the blue vase
by the window
Easter And Spring Poetry Blog 2015

old photos
on my desk –
bleeding hearts in bloom
“old photos” was published first in Time of Singing poetry journal (1994).


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.

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


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

grateful for flowers
all year – gardens
and stores – photos


grey sky with light
words from long ago
The LORD is my shepherd . . .
Psalm 23
