P romises of
S erenity
A nd
L ove
M editations and
S trength
PSALMS
Category: Language
Bible on my shelf
Daily writing prompt
What is the meaning of life?
Bible on my shelf
a ribbon holds my place
in the Psalms
Thy statutes
have been my songs
in the house of my pilgrimage.
Psalm 119: 54
reading poetry
reading poetry
many different forms
seasons turn again
always familiar
always new
old poem
Lake Michigan
thawing . . .
I pick up a pen again
Ellen G. Olinger
And So My Soul
Elin Grace Publishing 2001
Oostburg, Wisconsin
RAIN acrostic poem
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
February light
February light
on the trees
easy to imagine
their new growth
in spring
poems we read
poems we read
again and again
washing an old plate
the pattern
still new
Lovely Book Plate Illustration is courtesy of Reusable Art.
old photos
old photos
on my desk –
bleeding hearts in bloom
“old photos” was published first in Time of Singing poetry journal (1994).
old poem
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
new poem
just a beginning
light in my study
trees and sky
through the seasons
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