Poetry – Carl Setzer: Word Shaper

Morning Haiku: March 18, 2026

listening to rain

this gentle patter flowing

calm morning darkness

kindness's beauty
gracefully upon petals
amidst the dew drops

living in this world
of malice and cruelty
let's magnify grace

as gentle mists fall
streetlights flicker through the dreams 
the song of the night

the wind in the trees

gracefully flowing forward

with its blessed song

mighty moose minions

mitigate mouse munitions

mad malevolence

I opted for something alliterative today. And something absurdist. Just wanted to have some fun. I hope it amused you like it did me.

this rain's gentleness 
flowing over the blossoms 
before the sun's grace

pre-dawn darkness 
my heart is louder 
than my mind