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Ten Thousand Haiku

27 years of 17-syllable days

Tag Archives: store

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26 February 2020Calvin Olsenadvertising, colors, empty, front, Glass, haiku, poem, Poetry, Raleigh, shop, sill, store, two, windows Leave a comment

Empty glass-front shop:
Two-colored advertisements
Every other sill

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28 November 2018Calvin Olsencookies, ends, food, groceries, haiku, hands, parenting, poem, Poetry, saliva, small, smear, soft, store Leave a comment

Grocery store cookie
Softens in saliva, ends
Smeared across small hands

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11 September 2018Calvin Olsenanthro, Anthropologie, baby, candle, dresses, fashion, floor, haiku, hand, length, mall, perusal, poem, Poetry, shopping, store, toddler, top Leave a comment

Baby peruses
A store of floor-length dresses
Candle top in hand

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17 January 2018Calvin Olsenempty, full, haiku, hands, home and garden, parking lot, plants, poem, Poetry, return, seat, store, succulent, wife Leave a comment

Plant-filled parking lot
Empty seat—my wife returns
Succulent in hand

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14 May 2017Calvin Olsenbaby, baby clothes, clothes, full, haiku, hanging, large, out, packed, poem, Poetry, reach, shelves, shopping, store, toys, wire Leave a comment

Baby clothes hanging
From wire shelves in a packed store
Large toys out of reach

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28 September 2016Calvin Olsenbounce, food, four, haiku, Light, metal, poem, Poetry, restaurant, store, table, Trees Leave a comment

Light from a store front
Bounces off four metal trays
Tree near our table

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18 September 2016Calvin Olsenblock, eating, food, friends, front, haiku, new, poem, Poetry, shellac, store, Summer, Sun, table, umbrellas Leave a comment

New table shellac
Old friend’s name on the store front
Umbrellas block sun

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21 September 2015Calvin Olsencouch, expensive, furniture, haiku, overpriced, poem, Poetry, shopping, skull, store, taxidermy, thrift, thrift store, typewriter, writing Leave a comment

Thrift store: beaver skull
Gray four thousand dollar couch
Between typewriters

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2 July 2013Calvin Olsenfood, fruit, store Leave a comment

Aisles of produce
Grape in a strawberry box
Mango hits the floor

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31 May 2012Calvin Olsenice, lobster, open, shut, store, Water, wet, white Leave a comment

Piles of wet white ice
Six live lobsters not floating
Open, shut, open

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