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Acorns: A Poem Before Bed

December 28, 2019 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

acorns

echoes of the universe

upon my palm 
Good night, every one! May you all find rest and restoration this night

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Posted in Design, Art & Photography, SeattleTagged haiku, night, plants, sleep

Good Night!

September 2, 2019 Carl SetzerLeave a comment
I wish you goodnight
With darkness descending here
The stars keep shining

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Posted in Daily Haiku, PoetryTagged haiku, night, rest, sleep

This Fitful Night

April 10, 2019 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

​Looking skyward

While dawn approaches

Waiting for this fitful night

To finally end

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Posted in Free Verse, Modern Life, PoetryTagged dawn, rest, sleep

An Early Morning Poem

March 25, 2019 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

It is morning, I guess,

Bringing me wakefulness

Vigorously unwanted

Far too recently did I dive in

Seeking eight hours of rest

Obscenely cut short

By my restless mind

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Posted in Free Verse, PoetryTagged morning, restlessness, sleep

Nighttime Dominates: An Evening Haiku 

October 25, 2018 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

Nighttime dominates

Sleep continues its demands 

I cannot resist 

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Posted in Daily Haiku, General Musing, PoetryTagged haiku, life, rest, sleep

Sleep’s Grace 

September 17, 2018 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

My soul resisting

This awakening, needed

Longing for sleep’s grace 

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Posted in Daily Haiku, PoetryTagged haiku, rest, sleep

This Night: A Haiku

September 15, 2018 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

As I now lay here 

The night’s silence calming me 

My brain is active 

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Posted in Daily Haiku, General Musing, PoetryTagged calmness, haiku, night, sleep

An evening haiku

August 19, 2018 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

This night now ending

Time to calm my random thoughts

And embrace my rest

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Posted in Daily Haiku, Modern LifeTagged haiku, night, rest, senryu, sleep

My mind fights me

August 9, 2018 Carl SetzerLeave a comment

Awake

Not my desired state

Yet here I am 

Fighting my own mind

What do I gain

When I win?

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Posted in Free Verse, PoetryTagged awake, Free Verse, rest, sleep

Awake Too Early

June 13, 2018 Carl Setzer2 Comments

​My relentless mind 

In perpetual motion 

Sleeping’s a challenge 

Awake against my will

Dreaming of dreaming 

Longing for slumber 

The machinery of my mind 

Psychological cogs churn and spin 

Whirring hum of my soul 

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Posted in Free Verse, General Musing, Modern Life, PoetryTagged awake, Free Verse, night, rest, sleep

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