Haiku, Acrostic, Tanka

We began Quiet Christmas Poetry in November 2013. The poems became a large print chapbook. This post reprints a few poems.

sudden cold —
Christmas cactus
already blooming

Time Of Singing
December, 1997

S ilence
E nlivens
A nd
S olitude
O pens
N ew thoughts

To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven . . .
Ecclesiastes 3: 1 (KJV)

Northern sun
shines on frozen beach
still the days grow shorter
shadow of poinsettia
on the wall

Poems by Ellen and Cover Art Photo by Karl
Elin Grace Publishing 2014
Oostburg, Wisconsin

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

And the Word
was made flesh,
and dwelt among us . . .
full of grace
and truth.
From John 1: 14 (KJV)

holiness
and humility
Christmas

And the Word
was made flesh,
and dwelt among us . . .
full of grace
and truth.

From John 1:14 (KJV)

placing the new calendar
on the wall
all the new spaces
without words
God’s time

And the Word
was made flesh,
and dwelt among us . . .
full of grace
and truth.

From John 1:14 (KJV)

He giveth snow

like wool:

he scattereth the hoarfrost

like ashes.

Psalm 147: 16 (KJV)

S ilence
E nlivens
A nd
S olitude
O pens
N ew thoughts

* * *

To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven . . .
Ecclesiastes 3: 1 (KJV)

This is a new site, a quiet place for some of my Christmas poems.

I began with WordPress in December, 2009. My first blog is Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin.

“In the beginning was the Word . . .” John 1:1

Ellen Grace Olinger