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22 August 2019Calvin Olsenbone marrow, bones, clean, dots, haiku, hands, hospital, poem, Poetry, signs, thrice, transplant, warning, wash, wings Leave a comment

Bone marrow transplant
Wing dotted with warning signs:
I wash my hands thrice

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22 August 2019Calvin Olsenclean, dirty, fast food, food, haiku, kids, McDonalds, parenting, poem, Poetry, reaching Leave a comment

A clean McDonald’s
Turns out to be dirtier
Once my kid reaches

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11 June 2019Calvin Olsenchores, clean, fill, flick, full, haiku, kitchen, laundry, Light, lint, poem, Poetry, swirl, t-shirts, warm, Window, windows Leave a comment

Kitchen window light
Fills with a swirl of clean lint,
Flicked t-shirt still warm

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3 December 2018Calvin Olsenbaby, bath, bathtub, clean, cooking, dirty, floor, food, haiku, hard, poem, Poetry, residue, tacos, tacos in the tub, tub Leave a comment

Taco residue
Scrubbed off our baby hardens
To the bathtub floor

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23 October 2018Calvin Olsenblood, blood donation, clean, clear, fingers, first, gauze, haiku, new, plastic, poem, Poetry, Red Cross, wipe Leave a comment

Finger prick: first blood
Wiped clean with gauze, new blood squeezed
Into clear plastic

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11 September 2018Calvin Olsenappearance, clean, cleaning cloth, cloth, Fog, glasses, haiku, lenses, lines, passing, poem, Poetry, straight Leave a comment

As my lenses fog
Lines where the cleaning cloth passed
Appear—nearly straight

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12 February 2018Calvin Olsenblack, Building, buildings, clean, floor, haiku, holding, insects, North Carolina, old, poem, Poetry, roaches, sleek, stories, third, trap, windows Leave a comment

Old building’s third floor
Window sill holds two roach traps:
Black & sleek & clean

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