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Ten Thousand Haiku

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5 June 2020Calvin Olsenacross, art, black, Calvin Olsen, COVID-19, desk, ink, notes, parenting, poem, Poetry, post-it, post-its, scars, scatter, scribbling, social distancing Leave a comment

Post-It notes scattered
Across a black desk, each one
Scarred with ink scribbles

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5 June 2020Calvin Olsenaccident, blueberries, Calvin Olsen, carton, COVID-19, explosion, fast, floor, food, fruit, haiku, hit, kitchen, poem, Poetry, rolling, social distancing, soft, thud Leave a comment

Blueberry carton
Hits the kitchen floor—explodes—
Soft thuds, fast rolling

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5 June 2020Calvin OlsenCalvin Olsen, cover, COVID-19, Duke Forest, haiku, highway, hike, hiking, long, nature, North Carolina, poem, Poetry, Shadows, social distancing, Trees Leave a comment

Tree shadows longer
Since we’ve hiked the loop cover
Most of the highway

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5 June 2020Calvin Olsenbrand new, cake, Calvin Olsen, COVID-19, decoration, dessert, fill, food, gate, grill, haiku, hamburgers, marketing, poem, Poetry, social distancing Leave a comment

Cakes decorated
To look like hamburgers fill
A brand new grill gate

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5 June 2020Calvin OlsenCalvin Olsen, COVID-19, dirty, filthy, fingerprints, food, haiku, parenting, poem, Poetry, smudge, social distancing, toddler, tv Leave a comment

Toddler fingerprints
And food smudges make for one
Filthy TV screen

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21 May 2020Calvin Olsenbuzz, Calvin Olsen, COVID-19, crossing, haiku, House, houses, never, next door, night, nighttime, poem, Poetry, roof, silence, social distancing, soft, sound, strange, Water Leave a comment

Soft buzz of nighttime
Rain crossing the roof next door
Never hits our house

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21 May 2020Calvin Olsenbunch, Calvin Olsen, clothing, COVID-19, edge, haiku, pile, piles, poem, Poetry, Purple, seams, shirts, social distancing, thread, unwound Leave a comment

Purple thread bunches
At the edge of an unwound
Seam in a shirt pile

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21 May 2020Calvin Olsen32, back, birthday, birthday cake, cake, Calvin Olsen, celebration, COVID-19, frosting, haiku, happy birthday, knife, layers, love, marriage, plastic, poem, Poetry, social distancing, thin Leave a comment

Plastic knife peels back
A layer of thin frosting—
Happy thirty-two

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21 May 2020Calvin Olsenacting, boxes, breakfast cereal, Calvin Olsen, cereal, cold cereal, COVID-19, haiku, makeshift, markers, notepad, poem, Poetry, Sharpie, smell, social distancing, writing Leave a comment

Small cereal box
Acts as a makeshift notepad—
The smell of Sharpie

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21 May 2020Calvin Olsenbench, benches, Calvin Olsen, cast iron, COVID-19, dedication, green, haiku, iron, late, late spring, plaque, poem, Poetry, sculpture, Shadows, shroud, social distancing, spring Leave a comment

Green cast iron bench:
Dedicatory plaque now
Shrouded by late spring

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