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Monthly Archives: April 2015

buttermilk by tom clausen

30 Thursday Apr 2015

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Finger Lakes, geology, Ithaca, nature, New York State, photography, poetry, potholes, rock art, shapes, time, walking, water, waterfalls, wearing

on the surface
   riding downstream
     some of the twilight
the churning  of white water Buttermilk Falls

the churning
of white water
Buttermilk Falls

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sailing by tom clausen

30 Thursday Apr 2015

Posted by Tom Clausen in lakes and rivers, nature, poems and photos

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Finger Lakes, haiku, Ithaca, lakes, photography, poetry, sailboats, sailing, seasons, spring, Stewart Park, water

new day
sailboats lean
into the wind

sailing class lining up in the wind and sun

sailing class
lining up in the wind
and sun

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magnolia two by tom clausen

30 Thursday Apr 2015

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flowers, haiku, Ithaca, light, longing, magnolia, nature, petals, photography, poetry, seasons, spring, trees

between poems
the wind
in the microphone
sugar magnolia... the star of blossom on the street

sugar magnolia…
the star of blossom
on the street

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play of sun by tom clausen

30 Thursday Apr 2015

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daydreams, haiku, light, photography, poetry, reflections, ripples, seasons, shadows, spring, stone bridge, sun, tanka, underside

after the river boat… the river

daydream play of sun off the water on the underside of the old stone bridge

daydream
play of sun
off the water
on the underside
of the old stone bridge

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morning by tom clausen

29 Wednesday Apr 2015

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days, haiku, home, morning, now, photography, poetry, roads, spring, time

just a shiver
of not being here
– the stars
out front the view looking east as  day  begins

out front
the view looking east
as day begins

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blush by tom clausen

29 Wednesday Apr 2015

Posted by Tom Clausen in landscapes, nature, poems and photos, spring, trees

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Finger Lakes, haiku, Ithaca, nature, photography, poetry, red, seasons, spring, Taughannock Falls State Park, trees

spring planting
petals scattered over
turned earth
a blush  of red spring buds

a blush
of red
spring buds

conk-la-ree! by tom clausen

29 Wednesday Apr 2015

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haiku, Ithaca, marshes, nature, photography, poetry, ponds, red-winged blackbirds, song, spring, wetlands

sitting in the sun
not even trying
to figure anything out
in mid call a red-winged blackbird in the cattails

in mid call
a red-winged blackbird
in the cattails

trillium by tom clausen

29 Wednesday Apr 2015

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Finger Lakes, flowers, forest floor, haiku, leaves, photography, poetry, spring, Taughannock Falls State Park, trillium, woods

here I am
in the same place again
trillium
trillium getting ready to emerge

trillium
getting ready
to emerge

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and ready to receive …

Curve Appeal II by ErinBabnik

28 Tuesday Apr 2015

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sharing along a photo that like many , caught my eye!

vertical by tom clausen

28 Tuesday Apr 2015

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edge, Finger Lakes, geology, haiku, layers, nature, New York State, photography, poetry, rock outcrop, sedimentary, shale, strata, structure, Taughannock Park, time

here I am
in the same place again
trillium
a column of time waiting to fall...

a column
of time waiting
to fall…

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