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Author: Carl Setzer

Haiku

The importance of the arts

April 23, 2017April 23, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

Each creative act
Exploring beauty’s boundaries
Brings more light to being

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Posted in Daily Haiku, PoetryTagged art, Daily Haiku, light, Poetry

A cup; empty and fullĀ 

April 23, 2017 Carl Setzer1 Comment

Overflowing with sunlight 

A cup: empty and full 

Two sides of the same 

Moment 

 

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Posted in Free Verse, General Musing, PoetryTagged free, light, meditation, morning

Morning moves forward

April 23, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

Morning moves forward

Dawn’s transition fades to light 

Life, again, renewed 

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Posted in Daily Haiku, PoetryTagged Daily Haiku, dawn, light, nature, spring

Beauty’s worth finding

April 22, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

At times it’s sought out

Others, it’s served up for us

Beauty’s worth finding

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Posted in Daily Haiku, PoetryTagged beauty, Daily Haiku

Good Morning

April 22, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

​Birds

Announcing 

Dawn’s 

Impending

Arrival

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Posted in Free Verse, PoetryTagged birds, morning, nature

Taekwondo: Grace and Power

April 22, 2017 Carl Setzer3 Comments

Move across the floor

Motion: elegant power

Taekwondo’s beauty

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Posted in Daily Haiku, PoetryTagged Daily Haiku, martial arts, taekwondo

Tendrils of the night

April 20, 2017April 20, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

Tendrils of the night

Wispy hints of memory

Floating through my dreams

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Posted in PoetryTagged Daily Haiku, night

Riding down the mountain

April 19, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

Wind across mountains

Dancing across rocks and mud

My wheels delighting 

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Posted in Daily Haiku, PoetryTagged cycling, Daily Haiku, mountain biking, mountains

Rain upon the skylight

April 18, 2017April 18, 2017 Carl Setzer1 Comment

Inside these blank walls
Rain falls upon the skylight
I stare at a screen

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Posted in Daily Haiku, PoetryTagged Daily Haiku, light, Poetry, rain, Seattle

SpringĀ 

April 17, 2017 Carl Setzer2 Comments

Spring’s signs are now here
Blossoms abundantly glow
Seattle’s rain wins

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Posted in Daily Haiku, PoetryTagged Daily Haiku, Seattle, spring

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