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Ten Thousand Haiku

27 years of 17-syllable days

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11 April 2020Calvin OlsenCOVID-19, first, giggling, haiku, hamper, hidden, hide-and-seek, hiding, hilarious, parenting, play, poem, Poetry, social distancing, time, toddler Leave a comment

For the first time my
Toddler’s actually hidden—
The hamper giggles

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12 September 2019Calvin Olsenfirst, first day of school, grabbing, haiku, hands, handwriting, magnets, marking, parenting, poem, Poetry, school, writing Leave a comment

Handwritten sign marks
The first day of school, toddler
Grabs at its magnet

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22 August 2019Calvin Olsenart, big, family, first, first day of school, grin, haiku, nephew, paint, picture, poem, Poetry, school pictures, shoes, smile, space Leave a comment

First first day of school
Picture: my nephew: big grin,
Shoes painted like space

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22 August 2019Calvin Olsenfavorite, first, haiku, last, love, patty, pictures, poem, Poetry, selfie, week, Work Leave a comment

Patty’s first selfie
Taken my last week of work
Is my favorite thing

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26 April 2019Calvin Olsenarm, blade, cars, drop, first, haiku, J-hook, nature, perfect timing, place, poem, Poetry, Rain, snap, tingle, Water, weather, windshield wipers, wiper, wiper blade Leave a comment

J-hook wiper blade
Snaps into place as the first
Drop tingles my arm

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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 Olsenbaby, first, food, haiku, language, parenting, pasta, pesto, poem, Poetry, pucker, speech, taste, words Leave a comment

Baby puckering
Through her first taste of pesto
“Say pasta.” “Pa-ta.”

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20 July 2018Calvin Olsenfirst, fly, haiku, inches, insects, poem, Poetry, reflection, second, touch, Window Leave a comment

Fly on a window
First reflection: touches him
Second: inch away

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20 July 2018Calvin Olsenbeer, buried, cans, day, first, haiku, late, leaves, nature, old, poem, Poetry, Rain, shine, Summer Leave a comment

First day of summer
Beer cans buried in old leaves
Shined by a late rain

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10 April 2018Calvin Olsenbaby, bus, close, doors, first, haiku, love, mesmerized, poem, Poetry, smile, start, stop, stranger, transportation Leave a comment

Baby’s first bus ride
Smiling strangers, stops and starts
Doors close: mesmerized

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