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Tag Archives: candle

2698

22 August 2019Calvin Olsen2, birthday, candle, eating, Fire, flame, girl, haiku, happy birthday, mom, parenting, poem, Poetry, toddler, worry, yay Leave a comment

“2” birthday candle
Flame worries the birthday girl—
Mom helps, and we eat

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28 April 2019Calvin Olsenbehind, blind, candle, Charoset, eating, Fire, food, haiku, horseradish, man, meal, Passover, poem, Poetry, religion, Seder, smell Leave a comment

Smell of horseradish
Blind man eats his charoset
Behind a candle

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11 September 2018Calvin Olsenanthro, Anthropologie, baby, candle, dresses, fashion, floor, haiku, hand, length, mall, perusal, poem, Poetry, shopping, store, toddler, top Leave a comment

Baby peruses
A store of floor-length dresses
Candle top in hand

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19 August 2018Calvin Olsenanniversary, bison steak, candle, celebration, dinner, four years, haiku, life, Light, love, marriage, poem, Poetry, ribeye, steak Leave a comment

Anniversary:
Candlelight, love of my life,
Bison ribeye steak

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20 July 2018Calvin Olsenamazing, baby, big words, birthday, candle, contemplation, cupcake, eviscerated, haiku, one, poem, Poetry, second Leave a comment

One-candle cupcake
Contemplated for a sec—
Eviscerated

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20 August 2017Calvin Olsenanniversary, Anthropologie, candle, case, Fire, flame, full, Glass, haiku, Light, love, marriage, poem, Poetry, red, three years and counting, Wax, white Leave a comment

White wax candle’s flame
Lights our anniversary
Fills its red glass case

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12 June 2016Calvin Olsenbirthday, burning, candle, cheese, Fire, flat, food, haiku, happy birthday, matches, Music, poem, Poetry Leave a comment

Flat book of matches
Candle held by wax-wrapped cheese
Short song, long life wish

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13 December 2015Calvin Olsenbells, candle, Christmas, delivery, doorbell, fake, food, haiku, holiday, House, Light, pizza, poem, Poetry, rich people, windows, wreath Leave a comment

Fake candle glimmer
Sixteen windows filled with wreaths
Doorbell echoing

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18 February 2015Calvin Olsencandle, color, dinner, food, haiku, homemade, Light, love, meal, poem, Poetry, red, scented candle, two, Valentine's Day Leave a comment

Homemade meal for two
Light from one scented candle
The color of love

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25 November 2014Calvin OlsenBoston, Boston University, candle, Dark, feelings, Fire, flame, Moon, moving, night, poem, poet, Poetry, procession, reading, Sharon Olds, writing Leave a comment

Sharon Olds reading
People holding candles pass
Feel the moon moving

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