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Tag Archives: shadow

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20 July 2018Calvin Olsencement, empty, haiku, Morning, old, parking lot, poem, Poetry, shadow, sweeping, why, woman Leave a comment

Old woman sweeping
Empty parking lot cement
In morning shadow

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21 August 2017Calvin Olsenbeams, cast, crescent, eclipse, Ground, haiku, Light, penumbra, poem, Poetry, shadow, soft, solar eclipse, Trees Leave a comment

Eclipse penumbra
Casts crescent beams of soft light
Through trees to the ground

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30 March 2017Calvin Olsenbeautiful, bloom, campus, college, cut, fallen, haiku, migration, nature, pass, petals, poem, Poetry, shadow, Shadows, spring, students, Trees, UNC, University Leave a comment

Migrating students
Pass into shadow, path cut
Through fallen petals

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22 March 2017Calvin Olsenanimals, blinds, dart, freezing, haiku, Light, Morning, nature, poem, Poetry, Room, shadow, speed, squirrel, storm, Sun, sunlight, turning Leave a comment

Morning sun post-storm
Squirrel shadow on the blinds
Turns once, freezes, darts

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27 February 2017Calvin Olsenblossoms, Chinese food, cross, crosswalk, haiku, Light, nature, night, poem, Poetry, restaurant, shadow, Street, take-out, Trees, walking, weekend, white Leave a comment

Crosswalk to take-out
White blossoms in the street light
Hardly make shadow

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12 June 2016Calvin Olsenbirds, cardinal, cool, disappearing, flight, flying, haiku, poem, Poetry, shadow, Sun Leave a comment

Sun finally cools
Cardinal bursts from shadow
Dips once, disappears

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3 December 2015Calvin OlsenBuilding, cars, deer, driving, haiku, Light, nature, poem, Poetry, pothole, shadow, silhouette, Water 1 Comment

Backlit deep blue glass
Deer bodies silhouetted
Full pothole ripples

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16 April 2015Calvin Olsenaccident, car wreck, cars, collision, driving, Dusk, freaking Massachusetts drivers, haiku, half, nature, off ramp, poem, Poetry, rear ended, reeds, shadow, Shadows, wreck Leave a comment

Dusk on the off ramp
Half a shadow through the reeds
A car hits my car

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1 April 2015Calvin Olsenbrick, brick building, buildings, Church, cross, graveyard, haiku, half, headstones, poem, Poetry, shadow, Sunrise Leave a comment

Sunrise on headstones
Brick buildings half in shadow
One topped with a cross

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16 March 2015Calvin Olsenboat, boats, bridge, bridges, cable, cables, haiku, poem, Poetry, river, shadow, Snow, splitting, tugboat, wake, Water, Winter Leave a comment

Snow on bridge cables
Tugboat splitting the river
Shadow in its wake

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