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Tag Archives: religion

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26 February 2020Calvin Olsenbaptism, clasp, haiku, hands, happiness, poem, Poetry, religion, smile, two, Water, white Leave a comment

Baptism water
Ripples, two people in white
Clasp hands and smile

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1 October 2019Calvin OlsenChurch, construction, haiku, look, open house, poem, Poetry, religion, remodel, sight, temple, visitors, wrap Leave a comment

Remodeled steeple
Looks over its visitors
Wrapping out of sight

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28 April 2019Calvin Olsenbehind, blind, candle, Charoset, eating, Fire, food, haiku, horseradish, man, meal, Passover, poem, Poetry, religion, Seder, smell Leave a comment

Smell of horseradish
Blind man eats his charoset
Behind a candle

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30 November 2017Calvin Olsenconnection, doctrine, fonts, grad school, haiku, poem, Poetry, religion, short, theodicy, theology, Times New Roman, writing Leave a comment

Short theodicy
Doctrines interconnecting
In Times New Roman

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11 April 2017Calvin Olsencampus, change, chapel, Duke, Duke University, glasses, haiku, lenses, Light, massive, obscure, poem, Poetry, religion, sunlight, Trees, University Leave a comment

Lenses change color
In sunlight, two massive trees
Obscure Duke chapel

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25 November 2016Calvin Olsenbeauty, bodies, carpet, clothing, haiku, Islam, love, Mecca, Mosque, movement, noise, padding, poem, Poetry, point, red, religion, shuffle Leave a comment

Padded red carpet
Shuffle of bodies pointed
To Mecca, bending

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5 April 2016Calvin OlsenCharoset, grape juice, haiku, history, horseradish, Judaism, Passover, poem, Poetry, religion, Seder, symbolism, washing Leave a comment

Makeshift Seder plate
Charoset and horseradish
Washed down with grape juice

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21 February 2016Calvin OlsenDark, east, Forest, gold, gold-plaited, haiku, home, LDS, Moroni, poem, Poetry, religion, temple, travel Leave a comment

Gold-plated statue
Facing East, a dark forest
Between us and home

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31 January 2016Calvin OlsenAdah, Africa, Barbara Kingsolver, best book ever, Bible, blue, Book, haiku, ice, Kingsolver, literature, poem, Poetry, Poisonwood Bible, reading, religion, veins, writing Leave a comment

Poisonwood Bible
Ice tinkling blue through my veins
Sadness for new health

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4 November 2015Calvin Olsenhaiku, interviewee, job, job interview, poem, poetic justic, Poetry, religion, what not to do, young Leave a comment

Young interviewee
Bashes on my religion
Doesn’t get the job

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