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This Past Weekend

July 16, 2017 Carl Setzer

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Step away from “life”

And mania’s strange comfort

Learn what is worthwhile

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Posted in PoetryTagged Camano Island, camping, Daily Haiku, life

Thoughts about my life

July 14, 2017 Carl Setzer

Focused on kindness
A legacy for my mother
Changing the world

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Posted in General Musing, Haiku, PoetryTagged focus, life, mom

A Morning Haiku 

July 13, 2017 Carl Setzer3 Comments


The night is now done
Morning clouds hiding the sky
Now it’s time to move

Good morning! I hope your day exceeds all your hopes and dreams. 

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Posted in PoetryTagged Daily Haiku, life, morning

Make The World Better

July 12, 2017 Carl Setzer

I try so very hard
Birth positive energy
Make the world better


The world is so ugly, so brutal, and I feel it’s critical to counter that. At times, it seems like I’m fighting the incoming tide with a paper cup. Perhaps it’s not enough, too little, but it’s what i must do.

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Posted in PoetryTagged Daily Haiku, life, Positivity

This Afternoon

July 12, 2017 Carl Setzer2 Comments

A lovely day of sun

Sitting at this desk in back

Clicking my keyboard

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Posted in PoetryTagged Daily Haiku, life, sunlight, work

Embracing Enigma

July 10, 2017 Carl Setzer

My mind is weary
Yet embracing enigma
So much left to learn


I seek to accept my ignorance. Embracing that others hold knowledge I lack. In a place which highly values knowledge, preferring even the illusion, I find such an attitude unique.

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Posted in Modern Life, PoetryTagged compassion, Daily Haiku, ignorance, knowledge, life

Politics, Amongst Other Things 

July 9, 2017 Carl Setzer

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Posted in Free Verse, PoetryTagged compassion, deceit, life

A Child’s Funeral

July 7, 2017 Carl Setzer

Nothing is sadder
Than a child’s funeral
Winter’s emptiness


It’s been several months since we buried my friend’s son. It was a wretched, painful day. I never want to feel that way again. Sadly, the odds are against me.

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Posted in PoetryTagged children, Daily Haiku, death, life, parenting

A Haiku About Self-Confidence

July 5, 2017 Carl Setzer1 Comment

For many people
Confidence is so fragile
Damaging our hope
I hope your Wednesday brings you joy, and realization of your uniquely wonderful gifts. 

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Posted in PoetryTagged compassion, Daily Haiku, hope, life, Self-Confidence

Heart of Stone

July 4, 2017 Carl Setzer

Her heart of stone
Sedimentary rock
Made of pressure
Upon layers of
Heartache and
Pain 

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Posted in Free Verse, General Musing, PoetryTagged freeverse, heart, life, love, pain

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