L ove of literature
I nspires countless
B eautiful hours of
R eading many
A uthors, and sometimes
R ereading beloved books
Y early
Ellen Grace Olinger
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Art
Lake Michigan
May 2017
Ellen Grace Olinger
morning prayer
morning prayer
water birds flying north
stay close to water
Ellen Grace Olinger
Publication credits:
SMILE (Spring, 2012); Joyce M. Johnson, Editor/Publisher.
Take-out Window: Haiku Society of America 2014 Members’ Anthology, edited by Gary Hotham.
LENT acrostic poem
L ove
E verlasting
N ot
T emporary
One of your favorite poems – thank you.
Ellen Grace Olinger
shoveling . . .
shoveling . . .
scent of mint
through snow
Ellen Grace Olinger
This haiku was selected for the 25th Anniversary Volume, Time Of Singing, in 1998.
Creative Notes
Dreaming Sunlight, by Margarita Engle (2003, Feather Books) is the Book of the Week at The Haiku Foundation. You can read Garry Eaton’s introduction here.
Margarita’s official website has additional information about her current work.
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