Tag: free verse

Seattle and This Morning’s Smoke

Carl Setzer2 Comments

​Early morning light 

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p style=”font-family:"”>Filtered by smoke 

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p style=”font-family:"”>Rising from California

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p style=”font-family:"”>Demanding access 

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p style=”font-family:"”>To my lungs

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p style=”font-family:"”>Though I resist

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p style=”font-family:"”>My coughing

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p style=”font-family:"”>And sneezing

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p style=”font-family:"”>State clearly

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p style=”font-family:"”>I have lost

I Dreamt Of Falling

Carl Setzer
Dreamt of falling
Into a pool of cool water
Falling slowly
Gently, safely
God wants me to know
That I must trust him
To guide me to where
He wants me to go
Develop trust
That his plan
Is what will
Make me the
Best me
I could ever be
Words echoing
Spirits speaking
I’m unaware if
These words
Have any meaning
Outside of my mind
But the sacredness
Which surrounds me
Speaks to me

Awake Too Early

Carl Setzer2 Comments

​My relentless mind 

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p style=”font-family:"”>In perpetual motion 

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p style=”font-family:"”>Sleeping’s a challenge 

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p style=”font-family:"”>Awake against my will

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p style=”font-family:"”>Dreaming of dreaming 

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p style=”font-family:"”>Longing for slumber 

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p style=”font-family:"”>The machinery of my mind 

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p style=”font-family:"”>Psychological cogs churn and spin 

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p style=”font-family:"”>Whirring hum of my soul 

Sunday Morning, June 3, 2018

Carl Setzer

​Now I’m awake 

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p style=”font-family:"”>The cool air 

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p style=”font-family:"”>Through my window 

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p style=”font-family:"”>Very welcome 

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p style=”font-family:"”>Reminders of

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p style=”font-family:"”>Times along

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p style=”font-family:"”>The coast 

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p style=”font-family:"”>Blessed sea breeze 

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p style=”font-family:"”>Lacking the scent 

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p style=”font-family:"”>Of the sea 

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p style=”font-family:"”>No ocean crushing 

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p style=”font-family:"”>Sound for my ears 

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p style=”font-family:"”>An incompleteness 

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p style=”font-family:"”>That my soul

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p style=”font-family:"”>Longs to complete

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