Category: Haiku

I adore the simplicity, as well as the challenge of Haiku. The constraints focus my mind, seeking out the essence of the moment, feeling, notion, distilling it to brilliant singularity.

 

Blossoms Fading

Carl Setzer
fallen petals

springtime passing by
now branches filling with leaves
blossom petals shed

I’m noticing the cherry blossoms, oh so recently bursting forth, starting to fall. It is one their beauties, their fragility, their temporary presence. Emergence to vanished is such a short window.

Dusk In Edmonds

Carl Setzer
Dusk in Edmonds

such a graceful sight
as sun moves down the mountain
night’s beauty gathers

This is my contribution to the Fandango One Word Challenge for today: “such”. Not the easiest word to create from, I must say.

I took this photo a few days ago along the waterfront of Edmonds, WA, just a short drive from my house. It’s one of my favorite places.

Word of the Day Challenge: Abandoned

Carl Setzer
Photo by Cu00e9line Chamiot-Poncet on Pexels.com

troubling my mind
why was this place abandoned?
these lives forgotten

Today’s Word of the Day Challenge features the word “abandoned”, which reminded me of all the houses I’ve seen, empty, decaying. I wonder about the lives that were there before. I wonder about what caused these places to be left behind. What joys, sadnesses and pain have faded into oblivion?

Word of the Day Challenge: Habit, A Haiku

Carl Setzer

walking every day
my delightful new habit
feeling the sunlight

Today’s Word of the Day Challenge is to use the word “Habit”. As one of my key foci in 2021 has been daily walks, this seems a relevant post. This photo is from one my neighborhood parks from a walk this week.