Category: Poetry

Zen’s Essence 

Carl Setzer1 Comment

This is my challenge
Stare inwards free of judgement
Embrace compassion

The dream fades

Carl Setzer

Lightness
Upon the
Summer breeze
Now an echo
Of a forgotten
Dream

The dream fades

Carl Setzer

Lightness
Upon the
Summer breeze
Now an echo
Of a forgotten
Dream

Daily Haiku: Awoke By My Fears

Carl Setzer6 Comments

Awoke by my fears
Not an unusual thing
Though I’ve grown weary 

I’ve long hated my mind’s tendency to torment me late at night. Bringing up ancient mistakes, dragging forth unlikely scenarios, so many ways my mind finds to attack my tranquility. 

Germs are in control 

Carl Setzer

Germs are in control
Obediently I sleep
Rest eluding me 

Ah, fighting germs again. A slow lingering cough my main symptom, a long with my lack of energy. 

My Journals, My Heart

Carl Setzer

It pains me
Envisioning my journals
Beloved words capturing my soul
Mouldering in my absence
As I fade to dust 

A snow calmed Christmas morn

Carl Setzer2 Comments

I’m awake early
On this dark Christmas morning
The night calmed by snow

I hope each of you has a blessed and refreshing Christmas.

Awake, Far Too Early: A Brief Poem 

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​Far too early 

To be awake.

Echoes in my mind 

Haunting my dreams 

This Painful Evening

Carl Setzer

​Over fifty-years 

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A #Haiku from the Space Needle

Carl Setzer

Rivers of gold light
Flowing across this city
Blessings of darkness