Tag: free verse

Seattle Memories

Carl Setzer

​Calming coolness upon me

Memories of walking, early morning, Seattle

Along the peak of Capitol Hill

Downwards through the city

Before urban life starts

Before thousands of coffee cups

Deliver their payloads

Of productivity

Cover photo from here.

Getting Older

Carl Setzer

​Walked to the living room 

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p style=”font-family:"”>Nodded off checking social media

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p style=”font-family:"”>Forgot why I went out there 

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p style=”font-family:"”>This is annoying

Textures 

Carl Setzer

​Textures

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

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p style=”font-family:"”>Reach out

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p style=”font-family:"”>Like the dead

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

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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  

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

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

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

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

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

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

Safety 

Carl Setzer2 Comments

His soul hides

Deep within old leather covers 

Safe upon the shelf 

Sometimes pulled down 

Blowing dust free 

Forgotten poems read 

In the fading light 

Of dusk 

Logic’s Altar

Carl Setzer

For so long
I’ve worshipped
At logic’s altar
The cold linear stone now
Seems empty to me

Time to go within
Into mystery
The unspoken certainly
Arising from hope
And the love
For beauty

In Motion

Carl Setzer

​Dreams of motion 

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p style=”font-family:"”>Cars and vans, across deserts 

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p style=”font-family:"”>Sunlight’s glaring strength 

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p style=”font-family:"”>The forces of life drive hard 

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p style=”font-family:"”>Each day waking 

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p style=”font-family:"”>I’m the same bed

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p style=”font-family:"”>With different views 

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p style=”font-family:"”>Outside this glass

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p style=”font-family:"”>Wheels sparkle in the day 

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p style=”font-family:"”>Transitions happen 

Do not give into fear

Carl Setzer

​Do not give in to fear

Each step of acquiesce

Feeds the beast

Growing it

Face it down!

Demand it sit

Then lay down

Into the dirt

Acknowledging

Your power