Haiku · Poetry

one month ends

December 3, 2013December 18, 2016 Ellen Grace Olinger

one month ends
another begins
evergreen branches
frame the night sky

Advent · Christmas · Poetry · Tanka

Christmas Candle

December 2, 2013December 18, 2016 Ellen Grace Olinger

lighting the
Christmas candle
tiny flame
transforms
the night

Hermitage (2005)
The Writers’ Bistro (2007)

Poetry · Tanka

Northern sun

December 1, 2013December 18, 2016 Ellen Grace Olinger

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

Haiku · Poetry

cold country night

December 1, 2013December 18, 2016 Ellen Grace Olinger

cold country night
two deer in the front yard
graze in starlight

Advent · Christmas · Haiku · Poetry

Sunday morning

December 1, 2013December 18, 2016 Ellen Grace Olinger

Sunday morning
all the lovely voices
singing Silent Night

Haiku · Poetry

after the stores

November 30, 2013December 11, 2014 Ellen Grace Olinger

after the stores
ornamental grasses
in snow

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This haiku was selected by Ion Codrescu for a new book: something out of nothing, Original Haiku of North American Poets interpreted by Ion Codrescu (2014, Red Moon Press; Winchester, VA).

Advent · Christmas · Haiku · Poetry

holiness

November 29, 2013December 18, 2016 Ellen Grace Olinger

holiness
and humility
Christmas