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Tag: zen

Finding BalanceĀ 

May 20, 2017May 20, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

Seeking out balance 

I am the light and the dark 

Embracing the Zen 

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Posted in Daily Haiku, General Musing, PoetryTagged balance, Daily Haiku, zen

Our Tao?

May 13, 2017 Carl Setzer2 Comments

Night flows into dawn 

Dreams shift to reality 

Such is our life’s path 

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Posted in Daily Haiku, PoetryTagged Daily Haiku, dawn, tao, zen

Zen Mediation

May 1, 2017May 1, 2017 Carl Setzer1 Comment

As the mind quiets

The sound of nothing roaring

Emptiness fills me

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Posted in Daily Haiku, PoetryTagged hakiu, mediation, mindfulness, quiet, tranquility, zen

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

A windy eveningĀ 

March 28, 2017 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

Softly blowing wind 

The tree’s motion rattles leaves 

White noise moaning  

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Posted in PoetryTagged Daily Haiku, wind, zen

Birth and Rebirth

January 14, 2017 Carl Setzer2 Comments

World’s constant changing

Light shifting from night to dawn 

Life, then death: reborn 

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Posted in PoetryTagged Daily Haiku, life, zen

A Zen Meditation

November 19, 2016 Carl Setzer1 Comment

​Sitting in the Tao

Tranquil within the world’s rage

A part yet alone 

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Posted in PoetryTagged Daily Haiku, zen

Poetry and Zen

August 14, 2016August 19, 2016 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

A meditation:

Are all zen masters poets?

Zen’s path isn’t straight 

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Posted in PoetryTagged Daily Haiku, meditation, zen

Consider The DogĀ 

August 13, 2016August 19, 2016 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

Look upon the dog 

A strange freedom, in some ways;

Living in the now 

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Posted in PoetryTagged Daily Haiku, life, zen

Focus upon the Now

May 16, 2016 Carl Setzer2 Comments

Minutes collapsingĀ 
Zen-like focus on the now;
Only this moment

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Posted in PoetryTagged Daily Haiku, Poetry, zen

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