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Ten Thousand Haiku

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Tag Archives: heat

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17 July 2020Calvin OlsenCalvin Olsen, COVID-19, creosote, haiku, heat, leaching, poem, Poetry, railroad, railroad ties, shoes, social distancing, soles, stick, sticky, tie, warm Leave a comment

Creosote leaching
From railroad ties in the heat
Sticks to our warm soles

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11 June 2019Calvin Olsencars, doors, Feet, haiku, heat, heat wave, hot, open, park, parking, poem, Poetry, shade, six, Summer Leave a comment

Thick shade I parked in
This morning has moved six feet:
Open door heat wave

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11 June 2019Calvin Olsenberries, cone, delicious, haiku, heat, hot, ice cream, ice cream cone, pink, poem, Poetry, pool, run, running, side, sticky, strawberry, Summer Leave a comment

Strawberry ice cream
Runs down the side of its cone:
Pink pool of sticky

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12 March 2019Calvin Olsenbar, catering, chicken, cool, dinner, food, haiku, heat, night, party, poem, Poetry, Sterno, taco bar, tacos, trays, warm, Water, yay Anna! Leave a comment

Cool night, taco bar
Sterno-heated water trays
Keep the chicken warm

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11 September 2018Calvin Olsenburning, cooking, curling, frying pans, haiku, heat, hot, kitchen, Light, lit, pans, poem, Poetry, smoke, surface, under Leave a comment

‘Hot surface’ light lit
Smoke curling out from under
Heated frying pans

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20 July 2018Calvin Olsenblack, evening, haiku, heat, lines, oil, poem, Poetry, railroad, shine, squeeze, ties, Wood Leave a comment

Evening heat squeezes
Shiny lines of black oil from
Softwood railroad ties

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20 July 2018Calvin Olsen96, cooking, dinner, food, ground beef, haiku, heat, lean beef, pan, percent, poem, Poetry, tacos, tortillas Leave a comment

Ninety-six percent
Lean beef sizzles in a pan
Tortillas harden

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10 April 2018Calvin Olsenblast, Car, clover, dots, driving, front, full, gathering, haiku, heat, plants, poem, Poetry, Snow, warm, weather, yard Leave a comment

Car heat on full blast
Snow gathers on the clover
Dotting our front yard

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10 January 2018Calvin Olsencream cheese, dessert, family, fill, Fire, food, frosting, haiku, heat, holiday, melting, poem, Poetry, Room, small, Snow, Spokane, travel, warm, Washington Leave a comment

Fire warms a small room
Twenty-eighth Street fills with snow
Cream cheese frosting melts

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30 November 2017Calvin Olsenboil, bright, burning, cooking, cranberries, crimson, explosion, fruit, haiku, hands, heat, home made, hot, poem, Poetry, red, Thanksgiving, thick Leave a comment

Thick crimson boil
Cranberries explode, burning
Bright red on my hand

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