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Tag Archives: Shadows

3621

2 February 2022Calvin Olsenbridge, bridges, Calvin Olsen, cool, Dalry, darkness, Edinburgh, haiku, Light, light up, parenting, poem, Poetry, quick, scooter, Shadows, spinning, wheels Leave a comment

Scooter wheels light up
The darkness under a bridge:
Quick-spinning shadows

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12 January 2022Calvin Olsenacross, amazing, asleep, awake, Bed, Calvin Olsen, Edinburgh, haiku, head, headboard, Light, Moon, moonlight, nature, poem, Poetry, Room, shadow, Shadows, slant, sleep, sleeping, space Leave a comment

Moonlight running slant
Across the bed wakes me: head
Shadow on headboard

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12 January 2022Calvin Olsenblink, Calvin Olsen, Edinburgh, electronics, haiku, Light, off, poem, Poetry, return, ring, ring light, rings, shadow, Shadows, shape, switch Leave a comment

The ring light’s shadow
Returns as it switches off:
Shape there when I blink

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3 November 2021Calvin OlsenCalvin Olsen, cast, corner, haiku, Light, poem, Poetry, Room, shadow, Shadows Leave a comment

Light in the corner
Casts another light’s shadow
Into its corner

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27 March 2021Calvin Olsencolor, COVID-19, eddy, fish, haiku, nature, pandemic, poem, Poetry, Shadows, small, social distancing, swimming, two, Water Leave a comment

Two small fish darting
Back and forth in an eddy,
Shadows them-colored

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28 November 2020Calvin OlsenCOVID-19, crappy, haiku, House, pandemic, pergola, poem, Poetry, porch, pots, Shadows, slant, social distancing, striation, word of the day Leave a comment

Crappy pergola
Shadows slant across our porch,
Striating the pots

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29 August 2020Calvin Olsen3, 8, Calvin Olsen, COVID-19, eight, haiku, holes, House, Light, nails, pandemic, poem, Poetry, protrusion, Shadows, social distancing, three, tiny, walls Leave a comment

Eight holes in the wall:
The nails protruding from three
Cast tiny shadows

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5 June 2020Calvin Olsenbeard, Calvin Olsen, COVID-19, facial hair, growing, haiku, hair, personal best, personal record, poem, Poetry, record, Shadows, shoulder, social distancing Leave a comment

Personal record
COVID beard has grown enough
To shadow my shoulder

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5 June 2020Calvin OlsenCalvin Olsen, cover, COVID-19, Duke Forest, haiku, highway, hike, hiking, long, nature, North Carolina, poem, Poetry, Shadows, social distancing, Trees Leave a comment

Tree shadows longer
Since we’ve hiked the loop cover
Most of the highway

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21 May 2020Calvin Olsenbench, benches, Calvin Olsen, cast iron, COVID-19, dedication, green, haiku, iron, late, late spring, plaque, poem, Poetry, sculpture, Shadows, shroud, social distancing, spring Leave a comment

Green cast iron bench:
Dedicatory plaque now
Shrouded by late spring

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