October begins
Fall colors and trees
orange pumpkin
and blue vase
by the window
October begins
Category: Social Work
Small Poems Large Print
Large print versions of two new poems from posts at POEMS FROM OOSTBURG, WISCONSIN.
early Saturday
with clouds
lamp light
a little brighter
to read now
Sunday morning
some books and journals
are new again
light still morning
light still morning
spruce tree branches
and pine cones
July Saturday and Sunday
July Saturday
grey sky and
orange daylilies
July Sunday
light and wind
in the trees
POEMS FROM OOSTBURG, WISCONSIN
reading the poets
reading the poets
of my parents’
generation
their voices
return
Ellen Grace Olinger
SMILE, 2010
Reprinted: They Gave Us Life: Celebrating Mothers, Fathers & Others in Haiku; Edited by Robert Epstein (2017, Middle Island Press).
Gratitude and Hope
book shelves
with cards on display
a handmade gift
and a few old dishes
decades of life so far
breakfast and music
breakfast and music
when a song begins
I know the words
Amazing Grace
Large Print Poems 