March days
time to observe
and watch for
all the beginnings
of Spring

March days
time to observe
and watch for
all the beginnings
of Spring
March begins
shape of sun on my desk
a placemat for my lamp
We are creating posts for 2021 at Easter And Spring Poetry.
Acrostic for PSALMS and Vintage Art is a new post today. I enjoy creating with a few different themes and often reprint my poems in different ways.
Ellen Grace Olinger
Resources For Writers! is the new post from Mead Public Library Blog.
You can also visit the Mead Library Website. The library is in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. There is a page for Up-to-Date Information on Library Services.
how many mornings
have I read and looked
at birch trees in sun
and blue sky?
and yet today
is the most beautiful
Blessed are they that mourn:
for they shall be comforted.
Matthew 5: 4 (KJV)
Over the years, my book collection has grown, and I have given many books and journals away. Now I am grateful to browse at home, and read what I was not able to read before, for one reason or another.
Poetry journals, memoirs, novels, letters – books and journals at different times. Rereading is also a blessing, and can be a comfort when I don’t feel able to read something new; and yet I always learn more. If I know the story, for example, I look to learn a little more about how the author achieved the work. If I can easily reread a poem aloud and the poem is still new, the poet has achieved something beautiful.
Sometimes I know an author’s work so well, that a short selection recalls the whole work so far. I have read many books by Luci Shaw. As I write, I am looking at Sea Glass: New & Selected Poems by Luci Shaw (2016, WordFarm).
Over time, this creates comfort and a new history for me. I reread a poem, for example, and remember how the poem helped during a difficult time. And now time has passed, and rereading deepens my faith and hope.
So what I read and write now, is for today, and also for the future. And I remember as well, and am grateful to be writing this post today.
although it is cold
the sky is blue-grey
and light so beautiful
easy to imagine
the return of robins