reading memoirs
and then the view
outside today
by Ellen Grace Olinger
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin, 2015
All the Way Home: Aging in Haiku, 2019
Edited by Robert Epstein
Middle Island Press, West Union WV


reading memoirs
and then the view
outside today
by Ellen Grace Olinger
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin, 2015
All the Way Home: Aging in Haiku, 2019
Edited by Robert Epstein
Middle Island Press, West Union WV
the small roads
I know so well
willows in spring
today
all the more yellow
because of grey skies
daffodils
forsythia
dandelions
unplowed field
by the gravel road
dandelions
bluebirds
truly so blue
trustworthy friends
cup from a thrift store
on my grandmother’s
straw chest
near the window
fills with light
Easter day
heart filled with memories
and this day’s blessings