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Monthly Archives: January 2019

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18 January 2019Calvin Olsenagain, asphalt, clink, cover, haiku, manhold, noise, poem, Poetry, smile, sound, throwing, toddler Leave a comment

Toddler throws asphalt
Clink of the manhole cover
Makes her smile: “Again!”

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18 January 2019Calvin Olsenblack, bookcase, Books, bookshelf, cast, Christmas, Christmas lights, down, haiku, Light, lights, poem, Poetry, Shadows Leave a comment

Still-up Christmas lights
Casting shadows of themselves
Down a black bookcase

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18 January 2019Calvin Olsencatch, correspondence, glue, haiku, letter, letter opener, open, paper, poem, Poetry, seams, slice, slick, tearing, turning, writing Leave a comment

Letter opener
Catches on a glued seam—slick
Slice turns to tearing

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18 January 2019Calvin Olsenbicycle, biking, blades, Dark, Frost, Grass, green, haiku, hard, poem, Poetry, Road, snake, tires, tracks, white, yard Leave a comment

Frost-hardened grass blades
Darken white to green as tire
Tracks snake to the road

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18 January 2019Calvin Olsenafternoon, Dark, downhill, haiku, poem, Poetry, shade, Trees, walking, warm, weather Leave a comment

Weather warms a bit
Trees darken the afternoon
As we move downhill

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18 January 2019Calvin Olsenbags, draining, drip chamber, emergency room, ER, haiku, half, half full, healthcare, hospital, IV, kick, morphine, poem, Poetry, quick Leave a comment

Half-full drip chamber
IV bag draining quickly
As morphine kicks in

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18 January 2019Calvin Olsenbicycle, biking, Cold, fingers, freezing, growing, haiku, legs, melting, pedaling, poem, Poetry, Road, sleet, slow, transportation, warm, Winter Leave a comment

Sleet melts on the road
Legs grown warm from pedaling
Fingers slowly freeze

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18 January 2019Calvin Olsenappear, clear, color, glasses, haiku, lenses, Maui Jim, poem, Poetry, rose, sunglasses Leave a comment

Rose-colored glasses
Literally make the world
Appear much clearer

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18 January 2019Calvin Olsenbreak, clamp, cut, frames, glasses, haiku, metal, mount, optician, poem, Poetry, temple, Work Leave a comment

Metal clamps break off
A temple’s edge for mounting
On a separate frame

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18 January 2019Calvin OlsenAirplane, black, drowning, flying, haiku, Light, Moon, night, poem, Poetry, sliver, strobe light, Trees, wings Leave a comment

Trees black against night
Plane crosses the sliver moon
One wing strobe drowned out

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