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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 Yakima Medition

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

My mother was born

In a small Washington town

The dusty center

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Posted in Daily Haiku, PoetryTagged Daily Haiku, my life, Washington

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

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

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

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

Spring 

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

Oh, Monday

April 17, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

The drag of Mondays

Moving through the tedium

Reaching for the light

 

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Posted in Daily Haiku, PoetryTagged Daily Haiku, Monday

An Easter Message

April 16, 2017 Carl Setzer1 Comment
As Easter message
Can we empty our own tombs?
Returning to life

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Posted in Daily Haiku, PoetryTagged Daily Haiku, faith, life

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