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Category: Poetry
Outside My Window
Outside my window
Through the darkness of this night
Honeysuckle blooms
A Rainy Day In Seattle: Today’s Haiku
Another grey day
Rainfall has moistened the ground
Watching memories
It’s feels very much like September this morning. The ground is damp from overnight rain. I great the crows debating their aviary issues of the day.
Having spent most of my life in our around Seattle, this is a common vision. One that connects me to so many memories, good and bad. Today I’m remembering living in downtown Seattle. That was home for nearly 10 years after I got out of the Navy. Basically, most of my twenties.
A fascinating time of my life. Trying to understand my place in the world. Discerning my dreams and goals. Mostly discerning myself, and my soul as unique and individual. Before that I either lived at home, in a dorm, on a ship, or in a barracks. I’d never truly lived alone.
Pursuing Excellence
Believe in God’s light
Become the best I can be
Pursue excellence
Dawn Approaches
Now dawn’s approaching
Soon the demands of work speak
Enjoy the silence
Ownership is Empowerment
Ownership gives strength
The problems of someone else
Will never get solved
A haiku which considers the importance of owning our problems, and empowering ourselves to find solutions.
Reality and Possibility
Where is the boundary
Between reality
And possibility?
In Motion
Dreams of motion
Cars and vans, across deserts
Sunlight’s glaring strength
The forces of life drive hard
Each day waking
I’m the same bed
With different views
Outside this glass
Wheels sparkle in the day
Transitions happen
Do not give into fear
Do not give in to fear
Each step of acquiesce
Feeds the beast
Growing it
Face it down!
Demand it sit
Then lay down
Into the dirt
Acknowledging
Your power
Forward Motion
It’s always time
For forward motion
To step away from my past
Into my future
As the present fades
Into dust
Carl Setzer: Word Shaper 