I try to resist
Our culture’s lusting for rage
Focusing on light
Author: Carl Setzer
Haiku
A Monday Morning HaikuĀ
This new day begins
Filled with opportunity
As the daylight grows
The Flower’s Voice
As summer begins
Plenty of sunshine and warmth
A flower’s voice heard
A Father’s Day Haiku
A joyous privilege
To watch these children grow up
Perhaps be helpful
Fatherhood is an amazing privilege. Watching, not just my son, but all these kids around him, grow into these interesting and amazing young men and women fills me with pride and wonder.
Sleeping Through The Night Is A Wonderful ThingĀ
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Darkness fades to light
Though I missed this while I slept
Blessed my restless mind
Sleeping solidly through the night is such a wonderful thing. With the mania of modern life, it’s also somewhat rare.
A Video Recommendation: Anything Worthwhile Takes Time
As I’m want to do, and have received a modicum of fame for, let me start with a haiku:
Such a simple phrase:
“Anything Worthwhile Takes Time”
Not the common view
I’ve long followed Ms. Millman: somewhere around 7-8 years. A long time. And, considering the modern view of time, a VERY long time. Lot’s changed over that time. Especially me. As I keep moving forward, keep learning, keep trying to be better, I become better.
Daylight’s Motion
Daylight moves slowly
Gently across the park’s grass
Dew disappearing
Awake Too Early
āMy relentless mind
In perpetual motion
Sleeping’s a challenge
Awake against my will
Dreaming of dreaming
Longing for slumber
The machinery of my mind
Psychological cogs churn and spin
Whirring hum of my soul
The Night Moves Now
āThe night moving now
It slides up, embracing me
A piano plays
They grow up so fast
āMy phone buzzes
A beautiful woman
Who I remember
In diapers
I feel joy
At the blessing
Of my simple
Witness
Carl Setzer: Word Shaper 