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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.

A Rainy Seattle Monday

June 12, 2017September 4, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

Gray clouds dominate

Moisture flows downwards slowly

Subduing our mood

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Posted in Daily Haiku, Poetry, SeattleTagged Daily Haiku, rain, Seattle

Deceiving the lonely 

June 12, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

Spam is showing me

Feeling intense loneliness

Easy to deceive

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Posted in Daily Haiku, PoetryTagged deception, loneliness, technology

Yesterday’s Party

June 11, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

A child-filled yard
Chaos of unbridled joy
Delight fills the air

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Posted in Daily Haiku, PoetryTagged children, Daily Haiku, family, joy

My fear of death

June 9, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

Oh, my fear of death 

Drives me mercilessly

Impatient with time

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Posted in Daily Haiku, PoetryTagged Daily Haiku, death, life

Contemplation

June 9, 2017June 9, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

Staring out to see

This delicious solitude

Fragrant saltwater

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Posted in Daily Haiku, PoetryTagged Daily Haiku, meditation, sea, zen

The purgatory of the Windows update 

June 8, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

I sit, paralyzed 

Waiting upon the update 

This purgatory 

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Posted in Daily Haiku, PoetryTagged Daily Haiku, tech, update

Thoughts on my Mother

June 7, 2017June 7, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

memories faded

her face inaccessible 

her love remains strong 

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Posted in Daily Haiku, PoetryTagged Daily Haiku, life, memories, mom, mother, sadness

Anxiety

June 7, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

Fears grapple with me

Anxiety is brutal

Logic corrupted

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Posted in Daily Haiku, PoetryTagged anxiety, fear, sentry

Early Morning Tactics

June 7, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

Oh, what is the goal?

And what are my objectives?

Sunlight grows brighter

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Posted in Daily Haiku, PoetryTagged Daily Haiku, life, tactics

Godspeed Peter Sallis

June 6, 2017 Carl Setzer2 Comments

Through gentle kindness

Your work made the world kinder

You are deeply missed

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Posted in Daily Haiku, PoetryTagged Daily Haiku, eulogy

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