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Monthly Archives: April 2017

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30 April 2017Calvin Olsenbouncing, bow, childhood, haiku, memory, Music, notes, poem, Poetry, quiet, song, transpose, transposition, violin Leave a comment

Song from my childhood
Transposed for the violin
Quiet notes, bow bounce

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1895

30 April 2017Calvin Olsenbreakfast, breakfast food, buttermilk, buttermilk syrup, eating, eggs, food, haiku, infiltration, poem, Poetry, problems, scrambled eggs, syrup Leave a comment

Buttermilk syrup
Infiltrates the scrambled eggs
Best problem ever

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1894

30 April 2017Calvin Olsengreen, haiku, insects, mantis, nature, poem, Poetry, pollen, praying mantis, tarp, tiny, unflinching Leave a comment

Tarp green with pollen
A tiny praying mantis
Appears, unflinching

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1893

30 April 2017Calvin OlsenArabic, foreign language, haiku, i like chicken, i like writing, i'll forget this in a week, language, poem, Poetry, showing off Leave a comment

أحبّ أن أكتب
في هذه اللغة
و أيداً دجاج

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1892

26 April 2017Calvin Olsenanimals, bright, color, Concrete, crack, fast, flit, green, haiku, lizard, nature, poem, Poetry, speed 1 Comment

A bright green lizard
Flits across the cracked concrete
No one notices

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1891

26 April 2017Calvin Olsenbreeze, Clouds, haiku, library, Light, mist, nature, night, outline, poem, Poetry, Rain, silhouette, storm, Trees, Water, Wind Leave a comment

Mist blown from the trees
Library outlined against
Light storm clouds at night

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1890

24 April 2017Calvin Olsenanimals, box, cat, floor, funny, haiku, inside, Lily, masking tape, pets, poem, Poetry, tape, teasing, Wood, wood floor Leave a comment

Cat on a wood floor
Inside a masking tape box
Made just to tease her

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24 April 2017Calvin Olsenafternoon, breakfast, cereal, cold cereal, documentary, film, food, haiku, Herzog, Kellogg's, mini-wheats, movies, poem, Poetry, quiet, Rain, Sunday Leave a comment

Quiet afternoon:
Herzog documentary
Rain and Mini-Wheats

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24 April 2017Calvin Olsenbiscuit, Carrboro, chase, chicken, chicken biscuit, donuts, food, haiku, new, old, old-fashioned, poem, Poetry, rise, shop, Street Leave a comment

Old-fashioned donuts
Chase down a chicken biscuit
From our street’s new shop

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24 April 2017Calvin Olsen40, cars, cat, cat litter, Costco, down, haiku, kitty litter, litter, pets, poem, Poetry, quick, run, shopping, slow, why do we spend money on this Leave a comment

Quick run to Costco
40 pounds of cat litter
Slowing the car down

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