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Haiku

Today’s Haiku: July 6, 2025

July 6, 2025 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

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Posted in haiku, Personal ReflectionsTagged haiku, Poetry

Things Haiku, july 5, 2025

July 5, 2025 Carl SetzerLeave a comment




with night descending
flowers proceed to slumber
a racoon prowling

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Posted in All Things Geek, haiku, Personal ReflectionsTagged Daily Haiku, hope, spring

Tonight’s Haiku: July 1, 2025

July 1, 2025 Carl Setzer1 Comment
summer's heat fading 
gently cooled by the night air
another day's done

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Posted in haikuTagged haiku, summer

Tonight’s Haiku

June 16, 2025 Carl Setzer3 Comments

the bumblebee lives
underneath the same sunlight
as the hummingbird

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Posted in Cool Stuff On The Internet, haiku, PoetryTagged haiku, Seattle, summer

Tonight’s Haiku

June 11, 2025 Carl SetzerLeave a comment
spending time with youth
amazed by their potential
now, to help them grow

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Posted in haikuTagged Daily Haiku, haiku, Poetry

Today’s Haiku

June 10, 2025 Carl SetzerLeave a comment
spring’s forward motion
making it’s way towards summer
the bees so nimble

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Posted in haiku, PoetryTagged autumn summer, Daily Haiku, flowers, haiku

A morning haiku

June 9, 2025 Carl SetzerLeave a comment
the morning birdsong
pulling dawn’s grace to the west
we begin anew

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Posted in haiku, Personal Reflections, PoetryTagged grace, haiku, Kindness

Tonight’s Haiku: May 31, 2025

May 31, 2025 Carl SetzerLeave a comment
this rain's gentleness 
flowing over the blossoms
before the sun's grace

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Posted in Communications, haiku, Personal ReflectionsTagged Daily Haiku, haiku, life, Poetry

Early morning haiku

May 27, 2025 Carl SetzerLeave a comment
pre-dawn darkness 
my heart is louder
than my mind

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Posted in haikuTagged haiku, Poetry, postaday

Today’s Haiku, May 22, 2025

May 22, 2025 Carl SetzerLeave a comment
walking through this park
with a gentle rain falling
filtered sunlight's grace

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Posted in haikuTagged haiku, trees, walking

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