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Tag: Daily Haiku

Rainy Drives in Seattle 

April 26, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

Rain falls in this town 

The most regular event

And still we can’t drive

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Posted in Daily Haiku, PoetryTagged Daily Haiku, rain, Seattle

Bronze Lions

April 25, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

While I was driving 

Upon a  bronze lion: birds

Strange absurdities 

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Posted in Daily Haiku, PoetryTagged birds, Daily Haiku, zen

Sunlight 

April 24, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

I stand on a hill 

Looking down across the grass

Sunlight fills my gaze 

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Posted in Daily Haiku, PoetryTagged Daily Haiku, senryu, sunlight

Suburban Sounds

April 24, 2017April 24, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment
Lawn Mower

I sit here typing

A buzz drifting through the air

Blades of grass shortened

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Posted in Daily Haiku, PoetryTagged Daily Haiku, spring, suburban, suburban life, suburbia

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

Tendrils of the night

April 20, 2017April 20, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

Tendrils of the night

Wispy hints of memory

Floating through my dreams

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Posted in PoetryTagged Daily Haiku, night

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