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29 August 2020Calvin Olsenbetrayal, Calvin Olsen, clothing, COVID-19, cubicles, grad school, haiku, pair, poem, Poetry, slippers, social distancing, why, WTF Leave a comment

Pair of worn slippers
In a cubicle betray
Someone living here

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26 February 2020Calvin Olsenfreakin markers, haiku, lesser of two evils, markers, next, poem, Poetry, streaking, streaks, teaching, whiteboard, why, worse, writing Leave a comment

Whiteboard marker sucks—
The next one is worse, lesser
Of two evils streaks

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1 October 2019Calvin Olsenawesome, catch, flu, glasses, gross, haiku, lenses, poem, Poetry, right, sick, tears, thick, vomit, why Leave a comment

During the vomit
The right lens of my glasses
Catches two thick tears

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12 September 2019Calvin Olsencomputer, haiku, I didn't, I'm trying to work here, library, man, poem, Poetry, sitting, slam, space bar, stop that, typing, why Leave a comment

Man sits next to me
Slams his space bar every time—
I want to kill him

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26 August 2019Calvin Olsencarpet, Concrete, cup, explosion, haiku, hit, juice, life fail, orange, orange juice, poem, Poetry, quiet, spill, why Leave a comment

Cup of orange juice
Hits the carpeted concrete—
Quiet explosion

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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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12 February 2018Calvin Olsenbench, campus, cigarettes, crowd, haiku, holler, idiot, noise, poem, Poetry, Quad, smoke, smoking, why Leave a comment

Cigarette smoke wafts
From an idiot’s bench, crowd
On the quad hollers

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26 January 2018Calvin Olsenabandoned, broken, down, green, haiku, hill, plastic, poem, Poetry, sled, sledding, slide, Snow, trail, why, Winter, yard Leave a comment

Broken green plastic
Sled abandoned in our yard
Slide trail down our hill

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10 January 2018Calvin Olsendinner, driving, eating, food, four, full, haiku, large, Light, massive, Moon, poem, Poetry, Snow, what?, why Leave a comment

Four full from dinner
Moon, massive for some reason,
Lights what’s left of snow

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19 December 2017Calvin Olsenbaby, bar, dog food, haiku, humming, menu, Music, near, poem, Poetry, restaurant, sleeping, slick, The Spotted Dog, weird, why, Wood Leave a comment

Menu with dog food
Baby lulled to sleep, hummed to
Near the slick wood bar

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