Category: Poetry

Seattle’s Suburbs 

Carl Setzer2 Comments

​The early eighties 

Lived in Seattle’s suburbs 

Brutal for us geeks 

Sunlight Wanes 

Carl Setzer

Embraced by darkness 

Sun’s now behind the mountains

Seattle’s beauty 

We learn more by listening then by talking 

Carl Setzer

We are quick to speak 

So often finishing 

Sentences of others 

Missing details of,

Well, everything.

By rushing, everything

Is slower.

Reality often is 

Counterintuitive, I guess. 

Slowing, focusing, listening, 

Focusing on that listening 

Listening to UNDERSTAND

Not only more productive;

Relationships built.

Summer Solstice

Carl Setzer


Upon this solstice

Daylight may seem to have won 

Yet we still must sleep
Welcome to summer! I hope yours is filled with wonder and whatever gives you delight. 

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Fathers Day 

Carl Setzer

Fatherhood’s delights 

Youth doing amazing things

Such satisfaction

Evening Music Plays 

Carl Setzer

The saxophone plays

I picture women, dancing

With suit clad men

Echoes from the Beats

And their Bebopping 

Friends

Passion and Tranquility

Carl Setzer

Some draw 

Strength from 

Passion 

Others from 

Tranquility 

Both are not 

Only valid 

But critical 

Winning At War

Carl Setzer

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War: the ultimate 

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Evening Of Jazz

Carl Setzer

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p style=”font-family:’Helvetica Neue’, Arial, sans, sans-serif;”>Evening jazz fills me 

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