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Monthly Archives: January 2016

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31 January 2016Calvin Olsenbranches, dead, death, disappearing, haiku, nature, poem, Poetry, Sky, Sun, thick, Trees, weakness, white, windows, Winter Leave a comment

Window full of dead
Branches white in a weak sun
So thick the sky’s gone

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31 January 2016Calvin Olsenblocks, Fire, fireplace, haiku, imagination, poem, Poetry, real, socks, toddler, tractor, Wood Leave a comment

Real wood fireplace
Toddler hands me a tractor
Blocks and socks are dirt

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31 January 2016Calvin Olsenarrow, circle, Clouds, haiku, leaves, paint, parking lot, poem, Poetry, Shadows, Wind, yellow Leave a comment

Blown leaves circling
A painted yellow arrow
Cloud shadow dims it

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31 January 2016Calvin Olsenair, balloon, bright, eye doctor, eyes, fake, far, haiku, hot, hot air balloon, optometrist, optometry, poem, Poetry, Road Leave a comment

Bright hot air balloon
Far away down a fake road
It moves, switching eyes

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31 January 2016Calvin Olsenblock, cars, Cold, curtains, haiku, hard, outside, poem, Poetry, restaurant, Snow, Winter Leave a comment

Curtain for a wall
Outside, piles of hard snow
Block the cars from view

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31 January 2016Calvin OlsenCold, Footsteps, haiku, melting, mush, parking lot, poem, Poetry, Snow, warm Leave a comment

What’s left of the snow
Turned the parking lot to mush
My footsteps melting

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31 January 2016Calvin OlsenGlass, growing, haiku, nature, poem, Poetry, power lines, Sunset, wall, windows, Winter Leave a comment

Grown past power lines
A winter sunset hits the wall
Draws us to the glass

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31 January 2016Calvin Olsenclementine, Cold, finger, Florida, food, fruit, haiku, mist, peel, poem, Poetry, road trip, Sun Leave a comment

Finger pushed through peel
Mist from a chilled clementine
In Florida sun

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31 January 2016Calvin OlsenButterbeer, carving, gargoyles, haiku, Harry Potter, magic, poem, Poetry, restaurant, Ten, The Leaky Cauldron, Universal Studios, Wood Leave a comment

Ten carved-wood gargoyles
Over a leaky cauldron
Butterbeer mustache

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31 January 2016Calvin Olsenbank, crooked, Diagon Alley, dragon, face, Fire, Florida, Gringotts, haiku, Harry Potter, poem, Poetry, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Universal Studios, vacation Leave a comment

Diagon Alley
Dragon blows fire at my face
From a crooked bank

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