Nervousness wakes me
A meeting with high pressure
I’m lacking self-trust
Author: Carl Setzer
Haiku
An evening haiku
This night now ending
Time to calm my random thoughts
And embrace my rest
A #midnight #haiku
In this deep darkness
As this day transformed to new
This eerie silence?
Resisting the night
Darkness holds its own
Rest is deceptively hard
The street-light’s ally
A Friday morning haikuĀ
Dawn’s light is now here
The highway sound now louder
Crows conversing
Seattle’s Smoke: A Haiku
A crescent moon
Tinted red by the wind’s
California remnants
A Haiku Tribute To Aretha Franklin
“Aretha Franklin”
I honor her by saying
She’s earned my RESPECT
Aretha Franklin Sang Her Way Through America’s History. Her Passing Is the End of an Era
I Chose To Care
Though many don’t care
And they pride themselves on that
I shall choose caring
I don’t mind the nerdly/Pollyanna label: I care. And I have no intention to change that.
Seattle and This Morning’s Smoke
āEarly morning light
Filtered by smoke
Rising from California
Demanding access
To my lungs
Though I resist
My coughing
And sneezing
State clearly
I have lost
The Passage of Heartbeats
Each moment passing
Fading into memory
Waiting on sunlight
Carl Setzer: Word Shaper 