Tag: childhood

Winter in Seattle: A Haiku

Carl Setzer

longing for sunlight

amid the dampness and cold

childhood memories

My childhood had some glorious moments in the tropics, when I lived in the Philippines. Dark, dreary drippy days sometimes bring forth a longing for those days.

Memories of Metal Shop 

Carl Setzer

​Sitting

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The Henson exhibit at Seattle’s MoPop

Carl Setzer

Two beings I’ve long known

Moments from my childhood

Muppets filled my dreams

Faces Of Cazuca – The Illusive Peace For The Children Living In Extreme Poverty After Colombia’s War — Edge of Humanity Magazine

Carl Setzer

Pained eyes of children
Poverty is violent
Cycles of despair

The folks over at Edge of Humanity shared this post: “Faces Of Cazuca – The Illusive Peace For The Children Living In Extreme Poverty After Colombia’s War“. I’m struck by the cycle of despair, of violence, victimization and rage.  I wonder if we can ever break free of this madness.

 

Visual Artist Katy Lopez is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this portrait/documentary photography. From her project ‘AfterWar‘. To see Katy’s body of work click on any photograph. AfterWar is a story told in photographs of the children of Cazuca, a very deprived and stigmatized area on the outskirts of […]

via Faces Of Cazuca – The Illusive Peace For The Children Living In Extreme Poverty After Colombia’s War — Edge of Humanity Magazine

Children’s Laughter

Carl Setzer2 Comments

This sound
Laughing children
Always a delightful way
To awaken

Childhood’s End

Carl Setzer


Children now so tall 

Just a few years left of school 

Childhood’s ending 

Remembering 

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​My old memories 

Seated upon the sidewalk

Watching a kid’s game 

Oh, such memories!

Carl Setzer

Many memories 

Puppets crafted with delight 

Wonders of childhood 

Summer’s Approaching 

Carl Setzer

​Languid summer days

Sweetly flavored ice on sticks 

The joys of childhood