The kindness of friends
Creating community
And nurturing grace
Friends make life’s journey more beautiful. They should be celebrated more.
Author: Carl Setzer
A blogger blogging from just north of Seattle.
Thankfulness series: Family
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This Autumn Day
Love this autumn day
Which has crested into night
Now rest, finally
November’s Theme: Gratitude
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p style=”font-family:"”>Seems appropriate, the month of Thanksgiving, to focus on gratitude. Today’s haiku sets the stage, reminding us of the value of gratitude, of connection, of interdependence.
A Wind Transformed: A Haiku
Wind’s movement graceful
The earlier fortitude
Now a gentle song
A Poet’s Response To “Houston Dad Handles Bully Beautifully”
This haiku came to me after reading “Houston Dad Handles Bully Beautifully“.
When facing evil
Focusing fully on grace
Always seek to grow
Grace can accomplish many great things, as it requires courage to step forward in such a way.
Siouxsie and the Banshees: A Haiku
I hear Siouxsie Sioux
Burning ash and destruction
Cities in the dust
The music of the 80s speaks to me. So many memories, pain and joy, anguish and exaltation.
We love to quarrel so
We love to quarrel
Satisfied with petty spite
Yet the sun will rise
We Quibble And Quarrel, Ignoring The Fire Around Us
I’m surrounded by dissention, anger and invective. It makes me want to scream.
There are so many critical discussions, history making decisions that we need to make as a society and as a species.
Why do we seek out, aggressively, so many petty things with which to bicker and squabble over? I watch, time and time again, people waste monumental energy over the minor and leave the critical ignored.
Perhaps it’s easier, and less frightening, to engage with the petty than with the important. It’s also useless.
Seeking Growth
With deepest rigor
I am always seeking growth
Autumn leaves still fall