Tag: free verse

Fireflies 

Carl Setzer

As the firefly 

Moves across

The darkness 

Leaving a trail…

Moments fleeting 

Into memory

Then mist’s winds 

Drag them

Beyond the treetops 

Up to the stars 

An Oregon Memory 

Carl Setzer

Today I’m remembering  

Dreamy winters night’s 

Near the coast of Oregon 

A steady rain falling

Drinking coffee with friends 

Jazz plays from a small radio 

Voices of friends faded 

Some returned to dust 

This time so many ago 

Many rains have washed away

The memory dusty not gone

Rage’s Danger 

Carl Setzer

Danger in offended rage 

Most toxic of poisons

Seeps into our marrow 

Boiling, burning away joy

Leaving nothing by charred

Remains 

No Excuses?

Carl Setzer

No excuses mentality

Feeds into my insecurity

Of not getting everything done 

Even without sleep for days 

Visions of The Reaper?

Carl Setzer

I thought I saw 

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Awakened Early 

Carl Setzer1 Comment

These moments

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When I hear Iz Sing

Carl Setzer

Every time

I hear Iz sing

“Over The Rainbow”

I’m filled

With delight

And quiet

Sadness

Kindness spoken 

Carl Setzer

​Perhaps 

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Light up the Sky

Carl Setzer1 Comment

A voice to speak 

Now, light the sky

With the beauty 

Of your soul 

Black History Month Meditation 2: Langston Hughes 

Carl Setzer

Slowly I study the man
Delighting in imagery
Phrases bending to his will
And the flow of his heart

Slowly gazing into the soul of
Of a poet’s ghost
Tendrils of dreams
Glimmering in morning dew
Fading at the touch
Of my privilege