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Tag Archives: windows

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28 November 2020Calvin Olsenanimals, cafe, cat, cat cafe, cats, chase, COVID-19, felines, haiku, palm, palms, pandemic, pets, poem, Poetry, slight, social distancing, white, windows Leave a comment

At the cat café
A slight, white feline chases
Palms on the window

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29 August 2020Calvin Olsenbreak, Calvin Olsen, Concrete, corner, COVID-19, crack, cracks, haiku, House, pandemic, poem, Poetry, sill, social distancing, space, span, thin, white, windows Leave a comment

Thin crack in concrete
Spans the space between corner
And white window sill

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20 July 2020Calvin Olsenbushes, Calvin Olsen, COVID-19, crack, dead, death, haiku, life, plants, poem, Poetry, poking, social distancing, thin, through, vines, windows, yard Leave a comment

Through the cracked window:
A thin vine pokes out of the
Dead bush in our yard

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5 June 2020Calvin Olsenbathroom, blue, brown, Calvin Olsen, COVID-19, crossing, Dark, death, flip-flops, haiku, insects, meeting, mud dauber, nature, poem, Poetry, shoes, social distancing, wasps, windows Leave a comment

Dark brown mud dauber
Crossing the bathroom window
Meets my blue flip-flop

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11 April 2020Calvin OlsenCOVID-19, dead, death, Dirt, fall, Flowers, haiku, nature, oops, orchids, petals, poem, Poetry, sill, social distancing, spill, windows Leave a comment

Six-week-old orchid
Falls off the window sill, spills
Dirt and dead petals

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26 February 2020Calvin Olsenbus, haiku, nature, poem, Poetry, Rain, shaking, storm, thunder, thunderstorm, visibility, white, windows, zero, zero visibility Leave a comment

Thunder shakes the bus:
Zero visibility
(Windows white with rain)

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26 February 2020Calvin Olsenawesome, blocks, Books, country, foam, Glass, green, haiku, i love books, library, old, poem, Poetry, reading, special collections, UNC, University, waves, Wilson Library, windows Leave a comment

Wavy glass windows:
Books older than my country
Lie on green foam blocks

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26 February 2020Calvin Olsenaudience, Charlotte, conference, distraction, fall, haiku, massive, North Carolina, poem, Poetry, small, Snow, snowflakes, windows Leave a comment

Massive snowflakes fall
Past the window, distracting
My small audience

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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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26 February 2020Calvin Olsencars, fill, full, haiku, House, love, parenting, poem, Poetry, reflection, smudge, SUV, toddler, windows Leave a comment

House’s reflection
Fills the SUV window
A toddler has smudged

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