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Category: Daily Haiku

I adore the simplicity, as well as the challenge of Haiku. The constraints focus my mind, seeking out the essence of the moment, feeling, notion, distilling it to brilliant singularity.

My goal: to post at least one haiku a day.

Monday Morning Haiku: Boundaries

October 9, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

​It is important

To respect people’s boundaries

Not all hugs are safe

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Posted in Daily Haiku, Modern Life, PoetryTagged haiku, love, postaday, respect, safety

Sunday Night

October 8, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

Sunday night closes
The week’s power approaches
My house now silent

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Posted in Daily Haiku, PoetryTagged haiku, night, postaday

The Henson exhibit at Seattle’s MoPop

October 7, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

Two beings I’ve long known

Moments from my childhood

Muppets filled my dreams

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Posted in Daily Haiku, PoetryTagged childhood, creativity, haiku, Muppets, Seattle

A Haiku for #Seattle’s #Gumwall

October 7, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

This eclectic spot

Seattle’s famous gumball

Well worn paving stones

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Posted in Daily Haiku, General Musing, Poetry, SeattleTagged haiku, photos, postaday, Seattle

Walking In Seattle

October 5, 2017 Carl Setzer3 Comments

Those evenings at dusk
Fashionable, Seattle style
Nights in my city

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Posted in Daily Haiku, Modern Life, Poetry, SeattleTagged haiku, postaday, rain, Seattle

Denying Hope

October 4, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

So much of life lost
Since we deny so much hope
Leaves starting to fall

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Posted in Daily Haiku, PoetryTagged Daily Haiku, daily prompt, haiku, life, postaday

An Early Morning Haiku 

October 4, 2017October 4, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment


At this early hour
Awake before my alarm
Enjoying silence

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Posted in Daily Haiku, PoetryTagged haiku, morning, postaday, silence, tranquility

A Truly Horrific Day

October 2, 2017October 2, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

Filled with painful news
Death, destruction and much pain
Manifest sorrow

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Posted in Daily Haiku, Modern Life, PoetryTagged destruction., haiku, news, sadness

“Athletic” Means Something New Now

October 2, 2017October 2, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

As I get older
Athletic has new meaning
It applies to me

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Posted in Daily Haiku, Modern Life, PoetryTagged daily prompt, haiku, postaday

A birthday meditation

October 1, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

Compline sung again
Mark another year of life
I am richly blessed

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Posted in Daily Haiku, Modern Life, PoetryTagged faith, haiku, life, reflection

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