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A Monday Morning Haiku

Carl Setzer

summer’s excesses
Helios’ angry glare
I await night’s grace

Today’s predicted weather brings temperatures in the 80s. As a Seattleite, this sits far above the realm of comfort. We tend to whine at such, those acclimated to temperate climes.

I designed this piece with both an eye towards negative space and a clean font. Lato, built into InstaQuote, carries that light sans serif quality. I like the readability, too. This parchment background brings a nice historic/traditional quality.

I hope your Monday sets you up for a productive and satisfying week.

Summer’s Excesses

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​summer’s excesses

Helios’ angry glare

I await night’s grace

Tonight’s Haiku: July 26, 2020

Carl Setzer

glorious sunlight
captured in the greenery
delights of summer

A good day with friends, time in the sunlight, absorbing the life-giving rays. Refreshing my soul during the trials of this pandemic. Life is good.

A Nightmare Haiku

Carl Setzer

Unclothed while at school

My adolescent terrors

While birds remain unphased

This was a response to a poetry prompt on Instagram. This is what popped into mind.

Haiku Friday, July 24

Carl Setzer

grey day’s ending
sunlight moves across petals
hummingbirds fighting

Om Malik: How Do We Look At The Present?

Carl Setzer

I always appreciate the wit and wisdom of Om Malik. Today he tweeted this, which gives me great pause:

2020, a year of havoc and confusion, of transition and destruction, forcing to face our histories against our deepest resistance. Such a dramatic and violent reaction? Will we survive?

Half done or half over? Perhaps a question of optimism: half-full vs half-empty? In this time of pandemic, optimism seems myopic. But, I believe the opposite. Humanity holds what it needs to overcome our destructive tendencies. So I hold on to hope.

Glorious Daisies : A Late Night Haiku

Carl Setzer

this daisy riot
petals reaching for the sky
buzzing content bees

I wrote this haiku a few months ago, but some glitch kept it from posting. Glad I found it, and now to share it with you.

A Thursday Morning Haiku 

Carl Setzer

early morning

small birds converse

time for tea

Early morning, no one else awake. I sip tea and listen to the birds sing. 

For this poem and image I used the app “InstaQuote” on my Kindle Fire. I like the paper background and the font choices. It’s my preferred app on my Kindle since there’s no Canva app. 

Often with my haiku I seek a minimalist, handwritten ascetic. For me, that captures the essence and history of haiku. 

Grace: A Haiku

Carl Setzer

Here is my contribution to today’s Word of the Day challenge: Grace.

I think a lot about grace. Its importance both to us, and to society. How grace enables humans to function together, and is the magic elixir that ends conflict. And that grace is undervalued, perhaps even reviled. We live in brutal times, my friends. 

A haiku about grace
A Haiku About Grace