names and addresses

names and addresses
for dear friends
no longer on earth
old address book

not yet written
in the overflowing book
cards and envelopes
with last known
addresses

still wanting to remember
what may no longer
be current – places I was
people I knew

Ellen Grace Olinger

Time of Singing, Spring 2018

“not yet written” and “still wanting to remember” were also published in All the Way Home: Aging in Haiku (2019). Edited by Robert Epstein. Middle Island Press; West Union, WV.

Field of young trees with lots os saplings with a mature forest in the back under a cloudy sky. by churaclicks is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0

lilacs: three poems

memories
of memories
lilacs in bloom

old lilacs in fog
promises of God
hold true

knowing
they cannot stay
but will return
lilacs

June 11, 2020 – Poems From Psalms And Nature

“Free purple lilac background image” Openverse

how deep the roots

how deep the roots
must be – old lilacs
bloom so new

My poem is from May 2012 at Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin.

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Hyacinths

Ellen Grace Olinger 2017

Ellen Grace Olinger 2017

Five Photos

Ellen Grace Olinger May 2016

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Ellen Grace Olinger July 2017

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Blog Collage: Gardens Grow Again

MilkweedNPS/Hannah Schwalbe by National Park Service is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0

Monarch Butterfly on Common Milkweed by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0

HoneybeeNPS/Hannah Schwalbe by National Park Service is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0

HoneybeeNPS / Hannah Schwalbe by National Park Service is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0

“Magnolia Ellen Thayer Fisher” Openverse

cup from a thrift store

cup from a thrift store
on my grandmother’s
straw chest
near the window
fills with light

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