Category: General Musing

Stirring Kindness: A Senryu

Carl Setzer

A senryu on kindness

we disdain kindness

rage: this visage of power

now learn gentleness

Memories of Metal Shop 

Carl Setzer

​Sitting

<

p style=”font-family:"”>Tall stool 

<

p style=”font-family:"”>Metsl tsble 

<

p style=”font-family:"”>Vice gripping 

<

p style=”font-family:"”>My victim 

<

p style=”font-family:"”>Bending 

<

p style=”font-family:"”>Shaving

<

p style=”font-family:"”>Scraping

<

p style=”font-family:"”>Demanding 

<

p style=”font-family:"”>It fit into 

<

p style=”font-family:"”>My will.

<

p style=”font-family:"”>Resistance

<

p style=”font-family:"”>Solid

<

p style=”font-family:"”>We find

<

p style=”font-family:"”>Detente,

<

p style=”font-family:"”>This soul

<

p style=”font-family:"”>Longing

<

p style=”font-family:"”>For the

<

p style=”font-family:"”>Trees 

A Haiku Before Bed, November 27, 2019

Carl Setzer

stars above 

the night’s calmness

fir smoke in the air 

I do love the night. But now, it’s time for sleep to get its way. 

Good night, my friends!

Textures 

Carl Setzer

​Textures

<

p style=”font-family:"”>Tell me stories

<

p style=”font-family:"”>Shapes in the paint

<

p style=”font-family:"”>Reach out

<

p style=”font-family:"”>Like the dead

<

p style=”font-family:"”>Demanding to be

<

p style=”font-family:"”>Heard

<

p style=”font-family:"”>

Remembering: a haiku about suicide’s fallout

Carl Setzer

His smile in my mind
A friend’s son just took his life
These clouds are broken

My heart is heavy today. We can be so cruel sometimes, especially with ourselves. If you are struggling with suicidal thoughts please know you are not alone and that there are people who will help.

National Suicide Prevention Hotline

Call 1-800-273-8255
Available 24 hours everyday

Designed with Canva https://canva.me/4lRccU5xZY

Forward

Carl Setzer

​What’s my path forward?

Unpredictable, of course 

My inner voice knows 

The right way.

Now, to silence the noise 

And listen to the birds 

At dawn

Standing Upon The Edge

Carl Setzer3 Comments

​I stand on the edge  

<

p style=”font-family:"”>Where end and beginning 

<

p style=”font-family:"”>Tumble into each other 

<

p style=”font-family:"”>One foot in yin 

<

p style=”font-family:"”>The other on yang

<

p style=”font-family:"”>Stars dance around me 

<

p style=”font-family:"”>As I await the sun 

At the Edge of Darkness

Carl Setzer

There’s so much beauty

At the edges of darkness
The power of night

Blackholes: A Haiku

Carl Setzer

Deep in outer space
Great power bending the light
As I gaze at rain

Today’s #Haiku: April 9, 2019

Carl Setzer

There are days we dread 

At least I can see them come 

These dark clouds moving