the design, poetry & photography of Carl Setzer
Mr. Jones launched into my view via Debbie Millman’s Design Matters podcast. His charm and ebullient manner shined brightly.
I find Saeed Jones’ work evocative and insightful. His meter and flow challenge me and my own work. I hope you find his work delightful too.
Looking to the sky
As I’ve returned, again, home
Calmness with the dark
​Textures
Tell me stories
Shapes in the paint
Reach out
Like the dead
Demanding to be
Heard
Now dawn’s approaching
Soon the demands of work speak
Enjoy the silence
In this age of rage
Where invective flows freely
Seek this voice of grace
This flower’s beauty
Transformative and quite brief
New life comes through change
This world burns with negative energy. Fear, distrust and rage so very of this world. I seek yo mollify that. I wonder if, perhaps, through poems and a bit of compassion, maybe I can help humanity grow its connection to itself. I see that as out species’ path to survival.
May each of you always find beauty and joy in life.
A moth fluttering
Upon the grass stalks
The rising sunlight
I seek out beauty
The glories of Washington
My ancestors speak
Once I was told
Poetry’s power
Comes from framing
Life so uniquely
That people see
Truths they’re hiding from
Experimenting with using the graphic to separate my prose from the poem. What do you think?
Standing in the wind
Atop a barren mountain
Alone with my dreams
