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everyday beauty

Ellen Grace Olinger

everyday beauty
to care for and see
flowers and trees

Aesthetic flower background with white by U.S. Forest Service (source) is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0
Purple wildflower by National Park Service is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0
Yellow spring flower background, lady by National Park Service is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0
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old poem

Ellen Grace Olinger

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.

Hydrangea Momoyogusau2013Flowers Hundred Generations (ca by newyorkpubliclibrary is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0