Ellen Grace Olinger
long June days
ferns grow tall
in afternoon sun
June study window
shadows of leaves
on leaves
reading a new
library book
this year’s leaves
in today’s sun
mid-June
plants and flowers
grow in gardens
perhaps I often say
“their best year so far”
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin
Give us this day our daily bread.
Matthew 6: 11 (KJV)
Old poem:
clouds and yet
enough light
to filla jam jar
with the last
of the carnations
ancient lilacs
cover the graves
Memorial Day
by Ellen Grace Olinger
Published years ago in SMILE, Joyce M. Johnson, Ed.
and Humoresque, Jean Calkins, Ed.
morning stillness
forget-me-nots grow
among daylily plants
many Springs
yellow primroses
near an old tree
hosta grow again
around the ash tree stump –
the tree that fell in 2018
day grows more clear
primroses grow past
the flower garden
rain today
red geraniums
by grey windows
work in the kitchen
red tulip and new ferns
by the cedar fence
new leaves
on the birch tree
study window in Spring
small flowers
near the kitchen windows
first hummingbird
POEMS FROM OOSTBURG, WISCONSIN – 2021
Vintage Tulip Border from Reusable Art
