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Category: Poetry

Data flowing 

April 11, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

Data flowing fast 

Copper wires singing bold 

All there is to learn

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Posted in PoetryTagged Daily Haiku, data, geek, tech

Market Memories 

April 11, 2017April 11, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

Walking past the stalls 

Early morning at Pike Place 

Tourists were absent 

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Posted in Daily Haiku, PoetryTagged market, memories, Seattle

A spring dawn 

April 11, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

Bird Song filled the air 

After dawn’s light hit the sky 

They scattered: airborne

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Posted in Daily Haiku, PoetryTagged Daily Haiku, dawn, light, Seattle, spring

A Dendrophile 

April 10, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

A dendrophile:

someone who loves trees, forests,

and speaks to my heart

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Posted in Daily Haiku, PoetryTagged Daily Haiku, trees

Sunlight in Everett

April 10, 2017April 10, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

Sunlight in Everett

Tranquil feel for this Monday

Clouds moving quickly

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Posted in Daily Haiku, PoetryTagged Daily Haiku, Everett, Seattle, Sun

Immortality

April 9, 2017April 9, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

Immortality
This, driving human dreamers
The ultimate fear

immortal

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

Seattle Sunny Sunday

April 9, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

Vibrant sunlight flows 

This region’s beauty delights 

A day on two wheels 

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Posted in PoetryTagged cycling, Daily Haiku, outdoors, Seattle, sunlight

Sunny Days In Seattle

April 9, 2017April 9, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

Clouds are moving in

Yet the sunlight still remains

Outdoors we must go

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Posted in PoetryTagged Daily Haiku, poetry month, Seattle

Palm Sunday Meditation 

April 9, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

On this Palm Sunday

Focused on brutality

Humans’ love of rage

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Posted in PoetryTagged Christian, Daily Haiku, rage

No Excuses?

April 8, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

No excuses mentality

Feeds into my insecurity

Of not getting everything done 

Even without sleep for days 

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Posted in PoetryTagged Free Verse, life

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