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early Sunday

August 16, 2026 Ellen Grace Olinger

early Sunday
silence and sun
gardens grow

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Journal Notes Blog 2025

Ginkgo Gold
Haiku Society of America Members’ Anthology 2024
Edited by Nicky Gutierrez

Please visit the Haiku Society of America for more information about their work.

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many poets

July 20, 2026 Ellen Grace Olinger

many poets
to read with gratitude
books in my library

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Acrostic Poem for Psalms

May 25, 2026 Ellen Grace Olinger

P romises of
S erenity
A nd
L ove
M editations and
S trength

PSALMS

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poems we read

February 12, 2026 Ellen Grace Olinger

poems we read
again and again
washing an old plate
the pattern
still new

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Psalm 119: 54

January 4, 2026 Ellen Grace Olinger

Thy statutes
have been my songs
in the house of my pilgrimage.

Psalm 119: 54

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Acrostic Poem for COLD

December 10, 2025 Ellen Grace Olinger

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

COLD

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“the voice of thanksgiving”

November 27, 2025 Ellen Grace Olinger

That I may publish
with the voice of thanksgiving,
and tell of all thy wondrous works.

Psalm 26: 7

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SEASON acrostic poem

November 25, 2025 Ellen Grace Olinger

S ilence
E nlivens
A nd
S olitude
O pens
N ew thoughts

To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven . . .
Ecclesiastes 3: 1 (KJV)

Quiet Christmas Poetry – blog and book

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predawn

October 13, 2025 Ellen Grace Olinger

predawn
and watching
the sky grow light
gift of another day
to read and write

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today’s sun

July 14, 2025 Ellen Grace Olinger

today’s sun
shines on old books
new again

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