Category: Free Verse

Most everything that isn’t a haiku or tanka falls into this category lately. Subject to change, of course.

This Morning 

Carl Setzer

Not yet dawn 

Morning’s air chills 

Blankets more inviting 

Soon will grab some tea 

Facing the Stars: a Haiku

Carl Setzer

Came to with this as-build reducing the night’s sky.

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Waking in Kona, the surf singing to me 

Carl Setzer

Woke to my mind playing Iz*

A song I know
But whose name
Escapes me
Gentle and peaceful
Bringing me rest
And contentment

*If you aren’t familiar with the musician Iz, he was Israel Kaʻanoʻi Kamakawiwoʻole. Learn more about him here. He’s long been high in my list of favorite musicians. 

Civility De-Valued:  A Haiku

Carl Setzer

Social media 

Civility de-valued 

The evening’s calmness 

They grow up so fast

Carl Setzer

​My phone buzzes

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My Writer’s Brain, Awake In The Dark

Carl Setzer

​I want to sleep 

I want to write 

I want these two 

To align in 

Daylight 

May 24, 2918

Carl Setzer

​May 24, 2918

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Saturday Morning Mid-May

Carl Setzer

Light flows across my blinds 

Bird dialog strikes my ears 

My room’s emptiness 

Speaks to my past 

And my future 

The Dark Before Dawn

Carl Setzer

Still dark
No hints of dawn
Yet I know
It will come

I am awake in the early morning, pondering all that troubles me. 

Hummingbirds, Life, Death

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I watch a hummingbird

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