T rust
R enewal
E ncouragement
E very season
TREE

T rust
R enewal
E ncouragement
E very season
TREE

new time to learn
though many years here
grateful to grow older
blessings for all generations
we all grow together


ordering
a Christmas wreath
for my parents’ graves
even though I know
they are not there
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin
W onderful to
R ealize His
E ternal Love
A nd
T rustworthy
H eart
WREATH

ferns rest
after another good year
will grow again

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

new place
on a shelf for a plant
October sun


September . . .
ivy house plant
and birch tree
share the same
afternoon sun
Ellen Grace Olinger 2014
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin





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seasons
and years
calendar by
my computer
yet also when
birds return and
leave again
and birds who stay
the plants and flowers
that picture the time
leaves and colors
the light
and when
the days are short
holiday lights
then the light
in January
and all is new
Ellen Grace Olinger, 2025
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin

early Sunday
silence and sun
gardens grow
Ellen Grace Olinger
Journal Notes Blog 2025
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Haiku Society of America Members’ Anthology 2024
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