restful to read
poetry books read before
autumn morning
seasons in the gardens
older now and perhaps
not as many flowers
but rather the perennials
that grow bloom
always return

restful to read
poetry books read before
autumn morning
seasons in the gardens
older now and perhaps
not as many flowers
but rather the perennials
that grow bloom
always return

early Sunday
silence and sun
gardens grow
Ellen Grace Olinger
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.
many poets
to read with gratitude
books in my library


poems we read
again and again
washing an old plate
the pattern
still new
Lovely Book Plate Illustration is courtesy of Reusable Art.
Thy statutes
have been my songs
in the house of my pilgrimage.
Psalm 119: 54

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

That I may publish
with the voice of thanksgiving,
and tell of all thy wondrous works.
Psalm 26: 7

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

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