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Tag Archives: lightning

2734

22 August 2019Calvin Olsenawning, between, flash, full, full moon, haiku, left, Light, lightning, Moon, nature, poem, Poetry, slats, storm, twice, weather, Wood Leave a comment

Full moon on my left
In between wood awning slats
Lightning flashes—twice

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22 August 2019Calvin Olsenhaiku, lightning, Moon, poem, Poetry, porch, Sky, storm, swallow, time, weather Leave a comment

Storm swallows the moon
By the time I’ve made the porch
Lightning’s replaced it

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11 September 2018Calvin Olsenburning, Clouds, dissipating, Fire, gray, haiku, lightning, nature, poem, Poetry, smoke, solid, storm, tiki torches, weather Leave a comment

Tiki torches burn
Solid gray cloud (with lighting)
Where smoke dissipates

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3 August 2018Calvin Olsenattention, back, Cap'n Crunch, cereal, Door, drawing, flash, haiku, House, lightning, poem, Poetry, storm, weather Leave a comment

Flash out the back door
Draws my attention: Cap’n
Crunch is undisturbed

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10 January 2018Calvin Olsenblack, haiku, lightning, plants, poem, Poetry, sagebrush, Snow, split, travel, Trees, windmill, Winter Leave a comment

Snow-crusted sagebrush
Black lightning-split trees surround
A broken windmill

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1 September 2017Calvin Olsenanimals, baby, cat, cats, count, counting, crack, haiku, lightning, North Carolina, pets, poem, Poetry, smile, storm, thunder, thunderstorm, two Leave a comment

Cat runs from lightning
We count to two, thunder cracks
The baby smiles

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30 June 2016Calvin Olsenaudio book, Books, classics, close, Ernest Hemingway, Ground, haiku, Hemingway, lightning, literature, nature, poem, Poetry, reading, speed, storm, The Sun Also Rises, thunder Leave a comment

Hemingway, lightning
Close and a sudden thunder
Cracks sky to ground—gone

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12 June 2016Calvin Olsenbridges, driving, haiku, lightning, pause, poem, Poetry, Rain, storm, thunder, Trees Leave a comment

Rain pause under bridge
Lightning fills the V of trees
Too close for thunder

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15 May 2016Calvin Olsenbasketball, bump, haiku, knockout, lightning, poem, Poetry, scouting, scouts, sports, wrist Leave a comment

Wrist flick for backspin
I teach scouts to play lightning
Then destroy them all

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15 May 2016Calvin Olsenhaiku, Jordan Lake, Lake, lightning, nature, poem, Poetry, seconds, storm, surrounded, three, thunder, Water Leave a comment

Thunder surrounds us
Lightning over Jordan Lake
Every three seconds

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