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Tag: 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.

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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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

SpringĀ 

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

This divided world

April 16, 2017 Carl Setzer2 Comments

This divided world, 

How do we come together?

For the common good

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Posted in Daily Haiku, PoetryTagged Daily Haiku, life, peace, society

Looking at the Dawn

April 16, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

​Dawn rises quickly

Or perhaps that’s just illusion? 

The birds are singing

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Posted in Daily Haiku, PoetryTagged birds, Daily Haiku, dawn, light

A Suburban Evening

April 14, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

Suburban evening

Traveling under street lights

Quietude pronounced 

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Posted in Daily Haiku, PoetryTagged Daily Haiku, suburban

Night arrivesĀ 

April 13, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

night arrives calmly

darkness shrouding all my cares 

dawn will come quickly

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Posted in Daily Haiku, PoetryTagged Daily Haiku, darkness, night

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