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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.

On the shore

June 24, 2017 Carl Setzer1 Comment

Upon the shoreline 

Light and birds dancing in the sky 

Evening’s dreaming comes 

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Posted in Daily Haiku, PoetryTagged Daily Haiku, light, sea, shore

Email Choices 

June 24, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

Should I reply all?

This choice has great consequence

You must choose wisely 

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Posted in Daily Haiku, PoetryTagged Daily Haiku, geek, society, tech

The First Day Of Summer

June 23, 2017June 23, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

The sun’s finally set

The air’s still warm. Summer is here

Cool air slowly seeps

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Posted in Daily Haiku, PoetryTagged Daily Haiku, discomfort, heat, summer

Seattle’s Suburbs 

June 23, 2017September 4, 2017 Carl Setzer2 Comments

​The early eighties 

Lived in Seattle’s suburbs 

Brutal for us geeks 

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Posted in Daily Haiku, Poetry, SeattleTagged Daily Haiku, geek, Seattle, suburban, suburbs

Sunlight Wanes 

June 23, 2017September 4, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

Embraced by darkness 

Sun’s now behind the mountains

Seattle’s beauty 

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Posted in Daily Haiku, Poetry, SeattleTagged blog, dusk, evening, Seattle, sunlight

An evening, training

June 21, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

This evening was spent 

With dearest friends that I love 

Training: my passion 

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Posted in Daily Haiku, General Musing, PoetryTagged Daily Haiku, martial arts friends, Poetry

Fathers Day 

June 18, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

Fatherhood’s delights 

Youth doing amazing things

Such satisfaction

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Posted in Daily Haiku, General Musing, PoetryTagged family, Fatherhood, Holidays, joy, love

Winning At War

June 17, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

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War: the ultimate 

Form of win-lose or lose-lose 

There is no win-win 

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Posted in Daily Haiku, PoetryTagged Daily Haiku, life, war

Oh, To Have Peace 

June 16, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

So very much rage 

We delight in feeding it

I still pray for peace 

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Posted in Daily Haiku, PoetryTagged Daily Haiku, love, peace

Our Dependence On Internet Access

June 16, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

Dancing bits and such
Doesn’t seem like all that much
Work stops without access

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Posted in Daily Haiku, PoetryTagged Daily Haiku, digital, internet, life, tech

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