Marian Olson
Born 1939 in Bremerton, Washington, USA
Living in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Marian Olson, widely published poet, lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She is the author of seven books of poetry, including four haiku books: Songs of the Chicken Yard, Desert Hours, Sketches of Mexico, and Moondance.
a dervish of wind
whose dust
dances tonight
Modern Haiku 21:1
autumn chill
a little rouge to warm
her cheeks
Haiku Canada Newsletter 16:1 October 2002
August moon
the cricket throb
in me too
1996 Basho Festival Dedicatory Anthology
beyond words
his words
winter moon
Presence, #23 May 2004
building bridges
that neither
come nor go
(for Tripi)
Hummingbird 13:3 March 2003
crashing surf
expatriates
argue on the sea wall
Simply Haiku 3:2 summer 2005
dull morning sun—
left on his own to fry
scrambled eggs and whiskey
Olson, Desert Hours 2007
even clouds
touch and part
I remind myself
bottle rockets 6:2 2005
freeze forecast
my neighbor brings in pots
of fake poinsettias
Modern Haiku 26:1 winter spring 1995
Full moon—
I iron a wrinkle
into his pants
Gerald M. Brady Awards, HM, Frogpond 24:1 2001
granite headstone
the remains
of her stubbornness
Modern Haiku 39:2 summer 2008
grinning even now
the skull beneath
her baby face
Hummingbird 5:4 June 1995
his eyes when he gives her black tulips—first date
Leuck, Tulip Haiku 2004
if you love me
come inside
morning glory
Presence #23 May 2004
I love you
the tattoo beneath
her waist
Frogpond 17:1 spring 1994
in the flames
of the Yule log
faces I have loved
Modern Haiku 36:2 summer 2005
leaving us
to find our own light
last of the sun
bottle rockets 5:2, #10 2004
old love song
sixteen again and “yes”
is all I know
Frogpond 17:1 spring 1994
open coffin
the glint of her glasses
as I pass
Woodnotes 24 spring 1995, Editor’s Choice, 3rd runner up
potter’s wheel
inside and out the shape
of her clay
South by Southeast 3:3 1996
the moon of our love just a sliver tonight
Haiku Canada Holographic Anthology 2004
tea leaves settle—
the mess of his life
in a chipped cup
Presence #23 May 2004
the smile
I always believed
April fool
Modern Haiku 33:2 summer 2002
this loneliness
I open the shutters,
bring in the moon
Penumbra 2003, haiku finalist
twilight sun
slips into another
dark world
Heron’s Nest 4:8 August 2002
winter sun
you choose to die
with a shrug
Noon 3 2006