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Ten Thousand Haiku

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Tag Archives: humming

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29 December 2021Calvin Olsenappliances, Calvin Olsen, click, clicking, haiku, House, hum, humming, hums, kitchen, now and again, poem, Poetry, refrigerator, technology, wait Leave a comment

Refrigerator
Hums in the kitchen, clicking
Now and—wait—again

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20 July 2020Calvin OlsenCalvin Olsen, chomp, COVID-19, dessert, eating, food, haiku, humming, ice cream, Music, overflow, parenting, poem, Poetry, social distancing, spoons, toddler Leave a comment

Toddler chomps down on
An overflowing spoonful
Of ice cream, humming

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17 July 2020Calvin Olsenanimals, Calvin Olsen, COVID-19, crate, dog crate, dogs, haiku, head, humming, Music, pets, poem, Poetry, social distancing, staring, tilt Leave a comment

Kid in a dog crate
Humming to herself, the dog
Tilts her head and stares

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22 August 2019Calvin OlsenAirplane, engine, fearless, flight, haiku, headphones, humming, noise, noise canceling headphones, parenting, poem, Poetry, travel Leave a comment

Airplane engines hum
Noise canceling headphones make
Our toddler fearless

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22 August 2019Calvin Olsenclosing, computers, dim, end of an era, haiku, hum, humming, last day of work, lights, overhead, poem, Poetry, Work Leave a comment

Overhead lights dim
Last computer stops humming—
End of an era

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22 August 2019Calvin Olsencameras, drone, haiku, hum, humming, machines, noise, OPTOS, poem, Poetry, retina, retinal camera, sound, sound machines Leave a comment

Retinal camera
Humming just above the drone
Of two sound machines

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16 February 2018Calvin Olsenbaby, cover, Dark, haiku, hospital, humming, machines, medical study, medicine, MRI, poem, Poetry, study, swaddle, UNC Leave a comment

Swaddled baby squirms
Covered MRI machine
Humming in the dark

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19 December 2017Calvin Olsenbaby, bar, dog food, haiku, humming, menu, Music, near, poem, Poetry, restaurant, sleeping, slick, The Spotted Dog, weird, why, Wood Leave a comment

Menu with dog food
Baby lulled to sleep, hummed to
Near the slick wood bar

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27 October 2016Calvin OlsenCold, food, George Foreman, George Foreman grill, Glass, grill, grilling, haiku, hot, humming, ice, poem, Poetry, soft Leave a comment

George Foreman sizzle
Ice cubes crackle in a glass
Fridge humming softly

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