He sat watching her
Dancing with another man
Stunned by the anguish
Author: Carl Setzer
Haiku
Demonstrating Character
Often it’s mistakes
That demonstrate character
Kindness in the dark
Friday Morning Haiku
Dawn comes earlier
Rain tapping on the sunlight
The Friday morning
Listening to the Spirit of Compassion
We love violence
This spirit of compassion
Still calling to us
Rainy Drives in Seattle
Rain falls in this town
The most regular event
And still we can’t drive
Bronze Lions
While I was driving
Upon a bronze lion: birds
Strange absurdities
Sunlight
I stand on a hill
Looking down across the grass
Sunlight fills my gaze
Suburban Sounds
I sit here typing
A buzz drifting through the air
Blades of grass shortened
Today
We walked into the cafe
An older couple entered
Through my held door
Hand in hand
Talking to friends
Amidst the youth
And their frantic keystrokes
Lost to the now
Rain’s changing
Drippy drizzle
To wind blown torrent
And the light moving
Across the sky
Puddles forming upon
Untended tables
A Yakima Medition
My mother was born
In a small Washington town
The dusty center
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