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Ten Thousand Haiku

27 years of 17-syllable days

Tag Archives: balance

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28 November 2020Calvin Olsenbalance, breeze, COVID-19, curb, girl, haiku, head, leaves, nature, pandemic, parenting, poem, Poetry, rustle, social distancing, Trees Leave a comment

Breeze rustles the trees
Over the head of a girl
Balancing on curbs

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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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20 July 2020Calvin Olsen7, balance, Calvin Olsen, COVID-19, haiku, nature, outside, poem, Poetry, rock stacking, rumble, seven, social distancing, stack, stone, stump, toddler Leave a comment

Stack of seven stones
Balanced on a foot-high stump—
Toddler rumbles by

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11 April 2020Calvin Olsenadventure, bail, balance, haiku, parenting, poem, Poetry, railroad, railway, toddler, track, whoa, wobble Leave a comment

Toddler balances
On a railway track—wobbles
And bails with a “Whoa!”

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6 November 2018Calvin Olsenbalance, birds, fall, feathers, haiku, hopping, leaf, leaves, nature, poem, Poetry, red, slight, sparse, tail, tree, Trees, two Leave a comment

Two leaf-colored birds
(Slight red) hop up a sparse tree
Tail-feather balance

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15 June 2018Calvin Olsenawesome, baby, balance, first steps, forward, haiku, parenting, poem, Poetry, squat, steps, tilt, two Leave a comment

Baby takes two steps,
Squats forward, tilts to balance,
And takes a few more

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10 April 2018Calvin Olsenbaby, balance, bowl, brief, concentration, cute, grip, haiku, poem, Poetry, standing, yellow Leave a comment

Cute concentration:
Baby grips a yellow bowl
For a brief balance

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31 January 2016Calvin Olsenbalance, fingers, haiku, hands, playground, poem, Poetry, Rain, slick, Wood Leave a comment

Slick wood playground toys
Small hand grips my finger tip
For balance, rain stops

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