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Ten Thousand Haiku

27 years of 17-syllable days

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29 August 2020Calvin Olsenankles, Calvin Olsen, come on and zoom, COVID-19, haiku, meetings, pandemic, poem, Poetry, right, school, sitting, social distancing, swelling, teaching, zoom Leave a comment

I have been sitting
On Zoom meetings for so long
My right ankle swells

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29 August 2020Calvin Olsenacorns, animals, Calvin Olsen, claim, climbing, COVID-19, haiku, hilarious, nature, oak tree, pandemic, poem, Poetry, side-eye, social distancing, squirrels, Trees Leave a comment

Squirrel with acorn
Side-eyes me all the way up
The oak tree he’s claimed

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29 August 2020Calvin OlsenAnts, bookshelf, brown, brown ants, Calvin Olsen, Cheerios, COVID-19, food, haiku, House, hundreds, insects, pandemic, poem, Poetry, social distancing, stream Leave a comment

Hundreds of brown ants
Stream from below the bookshelf
To one Cheerio

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29 August 2020Calvin OlsenCalvin Olsen, change, COVID-19, Duke Forest, Forest, haiku, hiking, low, nature, pandemic, poem, Poetry, pond, series, social distancing, stream, Summer, trickle, Water Leave a comment

Stream in Duke Forest
Too low to trickle—now it’s
A series of ponds

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29 August 2020Calvin Olsenblades, cake, Calvin Olsen, ceiling, ceiling fan, COVID-19, dirty, Dust, falling, fan, haiku, House, pandemic, poem, Poetry, slow, social distancing, stop, swipe Leave a comment

Ceiling fan slowing
To a stop—dust caked on blades
Falls slowly once swiped

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29 August 2020Calvin Olsenbreak, Calvin Olsen, Concrete, corner, COVID-19, crack, cracks, haiku, House, pandemic, poem, Poetry, sill, social distancing, space, span, thin, white, windows Leave a comment

Thin crack in concrete
Spans the space between corner
And white window sill

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29 August 2020Calvin Olsenbeauty, butterflies, Calvin Olsen, COVID-19, Flowers, haiku, insects, nature, pandemic, poem, Poetry, social distancing, tons, Trees, waving, yellow Leave a comment

Tons of butterflies
Make a yellow-flowered tree
Look like it’s waving

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29 August 2020Calvin Olsenbalance, Calvin Olsen, confusion, COVID-19, haiku, kids, pandemic, parenting, pillows, poem, Poetry, recitation, socia, stitches, welcome Leave a comment

My kid balances
A stitched pillow on her head,
Recites some welcome

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29 August 2020Calvin Olsenair, Books, Calvin Olsen, coloring, coloring book, COVID-19, frozen, haiku, love, page, pages, pandemic, paper, parenting, poem, Poetry, social distancing, soft, tape, waves, waving Leave a comment

Page from a Frozen
Coloring book taped above
My desk waves softly

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29 August 2020Calvin Olsenbike, biking, Calvin Olsen, covi, doors, Fitch Lumber, haiku, huge, local, lumber mill, North Carolina, pandemic, poem, Poetry, sawdust, slide, smell, social distancing, Wood Leave a comment

Local lumber mill’s
Huge door slides open—I smell
Sawdust on my bike

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