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Monthly Archives: February 2020

2928

26 February 2020Calvin Olsenbirds, can't tell, distance, floating, flock, flying, Fog, haiku, Jordan Lake, nature, optical illusion, poem, Poetry, reservoir, strange, Water Leave a comment

Fog on reservoir:
Flock of birds in the distance
Either fly or float

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26 February 2020Calvin Olsen80, A million Times 80 Copper, art, awesome, clock, copper, gallery, Gregg Museum, haiku, Humans since 1982, museum, poem, Poetry, silence, spinning, unison Leave a comment

Silent gallery:
Eighty copper clocks spinning
Kaleidoscope style

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26 February 2020Calvin Olsenbirds, cars, five, frolic, front, haiku, lawn, nature, pass, poem, Poetry, robins, stiff, watch Leave a comment

Five robins frolic
On the front lawn, one keeps watch
(Stiffens when cars pass)

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26 February 2020Calvin Olsenclinging, haiku, ice, last, neighbors, one, patch, poem, Poetry, porch, side, Snow Leave a comment

One last patch of snow
Clings to the neighbor’s side porch:
Mostly ice by now

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26 February 2020Calvin Olsenbaptism, clasp, haiku, hands, happiness, poem, Poetry, religion, smile, two, Water, white Leave a comment

Baptism water
Ripples, two people in white
Clasp hands and smile

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26 February 2020Calvin Olsenbunch, Cold, cute, gloves, haiku, i told you so, parenting, poem, Poetry, removal, scoop, Snow, toddler 2 Comments

Toddler removes gloves,
Tries to scoop a bunch of snow,
Puts gloves back on

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26 February 2020Calvin Olsenbrick, crumpled, garbage, haiku, Kobe!, notes, paper, poem, Poetry, post-it, side, yelling Leave a comment

Crumpled Post-It note
Bricks off the garbage can side
(I still yell, “Kobe!”)

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26 February 2020Calvin Olsenbags, down, food, haiku, kernels, microwave, noise, poem, Poetry, popcorn, side, sizzle, snack, tip, tipped Leave a comment

Unpopped microwave
Popcorn kernels sizzle down
The bag side when tipped

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26 February 2020Calvin Olsenanthills, Ants, Dirt, dots, drops, Grass, haiku, hard, insects, poem, Poetry, Rain, shade, stripped, tiny, Trees Leave a comment

Tree shade stripped of grass:
Hard dirt dotted with rain drops
And tiny anthills

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26 February 2020Calvin Olsen1831, 200, art, awesome, Books, Dark, Frankenstein, frontispiece, haiku, ink, library, literature, old, poem, Poetry, shine, special collections, UNC, Wilson Library Leave a comment

Famous frontispiece
Nearly two hundred years old
Ink dark, almost shines

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