I sometimes wonder
If we should roll our clocks back
Into sundials
Category: General Musing
And now it’s Thursday
This strange thing, Thursday
Near the end of the workweek
But without respite
Autumn’s Approaching
One more day of light
Soon, autumn’s fury descends
The callous winter
Me? A Poet?
Calling oneself a poet
So boldly hubristic
Arrogant and empty
Of dignified reserve
Freedom: Speech vs Lunch
Both lunches and speech
They are striving to be free
Each in its own way
I’ve thought about the intersection of these two conceptions of freedom for some time. Working on capturing the subtle distinctions between the two ideas.
The Great Blue Heron
This gangly bird
Inelegant legs, bearing
Ghost upon the marsh
Yosemite
Majestic mountains
Magnificent light falling
Tranquility’s song
Seattle’s Rain Arrived
Raindrops tap windows
Gusts rattling the dried leaves
Autumnal cold rain
The predicted reasons have come. Trees bend in the breeze, leaves drift across my drive. Summer’s memory flutters within the dried, damp leaves.
A Morning Meditation
Forcing wakefulness
I resist vigorously
Weariness grinds
I pull my dust together
And rise
Awakened, now returning to sleep
Awakened briefly
Activity around me
Now, again, silence
Carl Setzer: Word Shaper 