Tag: haiku

I started writing haiku in my junior high creative writing class. After high school, though, when I started studying the Beat Poets, and Kerouac in particular, my fondness for this art form grew.  I tend to focus mostly on the 5-7-5 style, but occasionally I explore further.

Thoughts I do not want to think

Carl Setzer

My mind is racing

Thoughts I do not want to think

I’m deeply weary

A Thursday Morning Meditation

Carl Setzer

Each day has beauty 

If you’ll give energy to 

Go and seek it out 

Wednesday Morning Haiku 

Carl Setzer

At the week’s middle 

My alarm’s song is calling 

I love the snooze bar 

Seattle’s Alaskan Way Viaduct: A Haiku

Carl Setzer

​Concrete broken to dust

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The Velvet Cape Of Night 

Carl Setzer

So much is hidden 

By the velvet cape of night 

Not Just what’s frightful 

Laying here seeking sleep. Hoping it’s mercy comes soon. 

Dastardly Viri 

Carl Setzer

I’ve grown quite weary 

Of these viri within me

Minute yet brutal

Day Passes To Night

Carl Setzer

Day passes to night
The demands of the day pass
Finally some rest

A Haiku

The Moon’s Ghost

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Looking towards the sky
The moon’s ghost emerging high
In this night I sigh