This page is a work-in-progress, for a large print chapbook. The design will be similar to Quiet Christmas Poetry.
Thank you
Lake Michigan in Wisconsin
Early Spring
turning the vase
of flowers
learning
there are
more roses
* * *
L ove
E verlasting
N ot
T emporary
* * *
morning light
forms part of a cross
on the wood wall
my faith completes
the picture
* * *
country graves
silk flowers bloom
by the stones
* * *
Surely he hath borne our griefs,
and carried our sorrows . . .
Isaiah 53: 4a
* * *
cold so very cold
yet sunrise colors
show me flowers
that will bloom
* * *
Wisconsin spring
sandhill cranes
in a field of snow
* * *
reading the Gospels
a few verses at a time
raindrops on branches
* * *
Blessed are they that mourn:
for they shall be comforted.
Matthew 5: 4 (KJV)
* * *
roots in His Word
I will flower
again and again
gift of faith
during my hardest years
lights down the beach
moon and stars at night
sunrise
* * *
morning prayer
water birds flying north
stay close to water
* * *
Spring gardens
return to life
forgiveness
all winter
flowers rested
in the earth
beauty begins
in the heart
* * *
seasons repeat
we tell the stories
we are given
* * *
blue sky
with cotton clouds
snowdrops
tree branches
bowed to the ground
seemingly half-broken
covered with new leaves
my notebook of prayers
* * *
weathered trees
strong and beautiful
my time of healing
* * *
two red tulips
lean towards sun
perennial friends
one red tulip
blooms in the hosta border
time alone with God
* * *
Holy Week
lily flowers
wait to bloom
* * *
childhood memories
of singing in the choir
Palm Sunday
* * *
Good Friday
shadows of trees
on the road
* * *
E ternally
A dored
S avior
T ruly
E ternally
R isen
He is not here; for he is risen, as he said.
Matthew 28: 6a (KJV)
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colorful tulips
on a cold day
unconditional love
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CREDITS
The Bible verses are from the King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Poems by Ellen Grace Olinger and photos by Karl Olinger.
Poems published in journals:
“Holy Week” – Time Of Singing 2014
“seasons repeat” – Mayfly 2015, Brooks Books Haiku
“turning the vase” – Bell’s Letters Poet No. 131
Poems published in books:
“morning prayer” – Take-out Window: 2014 Haiku Society of America Members’ Anthology, edited by Gary Hotham. Haiku Society of America.
“Wisconsin spring” – This World: Haiku Society of America Members’ Anthology 2013, edited by Carolyn Coit Dancy. Haiku Society of America.
Online:
“seasons repeat,” “Holy Week,” “Wisconsin Spring,” and “morning prayer,” are reprinted on my poet page; at the Haiku Registry, edited by Billie Wilson, at The Haiku Foundation.
Some photos from my Garden Journal (2015) that I may add to the book:
primroses
hosta
tulip
Easter And Spring Poetry 