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28 November 2020Calvin Olsenback, bees, betrayal, brown, bugs, COVID-19, haiku, hiding, hive, insects, paint, painted, pandemic, poem, Poetry, social distancing, stink bugs, Wood Leave a comment

Stink bug hiding in
A hive of painted wood bees—
Brown back betrays it

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28 November 2020Calvin Olsenback, cart, cleaner, cleaning, COVID-19, drip, dripping, essential workers, grocery shopping, haiku, pandemic, poem, Poetry, shopping, shopping cart, social distancing Leave a comment

Shopping cart handle
Still dripping: “Thank you!” I call,
Neither back responds

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28 November 2020Calvin Olsenanimals, back, chickens, COVID-19, dogs, fear, front yard, haiku, Naked, pandemic, pets, poem, Poetry, social distancing, thin, wire, yard Leave a comment

Dog in the front yard,
Chicken with a naked back
Behind its thin wire

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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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11 April 2020Calvin Olsenback, Books, COVID-19, desk, Dust, furniture, haiku, inconvenience, moving, pile, poem, Poetry, Room, social distancing Leave a comment

We social distance
My desk into the back room
Book piles, dust, and all

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29 January 2020Calvin Olsenback, buckle, chair, clothing, color, discolor, drape, haiku, poem, Poetry, slight, suit Leave a comment

Suit draped on chair back:
Belt buckle has left a slight
Discoloration

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7 November 2019Calvin Olsenback, fall, five, Gas, gasoline, haiku, leaf, leaf blowers, leaves, lines, moving, poem, Poetry, smell, Street Leave a comment

Smell of gasoline:
Five back-mounted leaf blowers
Move a street-wide line

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1 October 2019Calvin Olsenadvertising, Apples, back, back to school, complete, display, fake, Granny Smith, haiku, how you like them apples, marketing, poem, Poetry, school, shine Leave a comment

Back-to-School display
Complete with fake Granny Smiths
That don’t quite shine right

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22 August 2019Calvin Olsenback, bee killer, brown, buzz, death, full force, haiku, insects, nature, poem, Poetry, time, wasps Leave a comment

Brown wasp turns its back
The killer hits it full force
Barely time to buzz

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25 December 2018Calvin Olsenanaesthetic, back, dentist, forth, free, haiku, jaw, numb, pinch, poem, Poetry, slight, teeth, wisdom tooth, wrench Leave a comment

Slight pinch, my jaw numb
Dentist wrenching back and forth
‘Til my tooth comes free

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