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sparkling by tom clausen

13 Monday Apr 2015

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Finger Lakes, Ithaca, nature, photography, poetry, reservoir, Six Mile Creek, sparkling, sun, water

  trying to figure
how to spend it…
  a little free time
in the gorge the sparkling sun and shadowed side

in the gorge
the sparkling sun
and shadowed side

back water by tom clausen

13 Monday Apr 2015

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Finger Lakes, Ithaca, leaves, nature, photography, poetry, puddles, reflections, Six Mile Creek, spring, tanka, water

so many chances
in a day
to say something to you,
but here it is
growing late
spring back water bringing back autumn colors

spring back water
bringing back
autumn colors

balanced by tom clausen

13 Monday Apr 2015

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art, dams, found art, nature, photography, poetry, reservoir, Six Mile Creek, tanka, water, waterfalls

watching
the smooth flow of water
over stones . .
how few of my thoughts
are new

balanced on the little catch dam for now....

balanced
on the little catch dam
for now….

oneonta by tom clausen

12 Sunday Apr 2015

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New York State, photography, poetry, route 88, sky, sunset, Susquehanna Valley, tanka

what a surprise
she wants to take a photo
of us together–
I keep thinking
about it
the day done as the sun winks a quiet goodnight

the day done
as the sun winks
a quiet goodnight

cherry valley by tom clausen

12 Sunday Apr 2015

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driving, New York State, open roads, photography, poetry, roads, route 88, Susquehanna, tanka

amazing
flesh and bones
driving in heavy traffic,
that here I am
doing this
on the way home the road rolls through Cherry Valley

on the way home
the road rolls through
Cherry Valley

chute by tom clausen

12 Sunday Apr 2015

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creeks, fields, forests, nature, New York State, photography, poetry, rapids, rivers, sky, spring, streams, Susquehanna

end of the trail
the world
without humans
carrying a blur of blue sky , the stream enters a chute

carrying a blur
of blue sky , the stream
enters a chute

time by tom clausen

12 Sunday Apr 2015

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art, found art, nature, photography, poetry, symbolism, time

daylight savings-
I leave my calendar
a month behind
for every season the time is now....

for every season
the time
is now….

bark by tom clausen

10 Friday Apr 2015

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detail, light, nature, photography, poetry, spring, trees

the envelope to me
sealed carefully with tape
on every seam
when opened, reveals
absolutely nothing
looking  into it  just to see...

looking
into it
just to see…

mystic waters by tom clausen

10 Friday Apr 2015

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art, found art, imagery, nature, photography, poetry, puddles, rain, reflections, spring, tanka, trees

seeing her by chance
I once had a dream about her
years ago–
over time it has taken on
a substance of its own
with some remove and the right angle reflections  to savor

with some remove
and the right angle
reflections to savor

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being squirrel by tom clausen

10 Friday Apr 2015

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Finger Lakes, Ithaca, nature, New York, photography, poetry, spring, squirrels

where I sit
on my usual bench
remains of a nut

squirrel working on a nut decides to bury it

squirrel
working on a nut
decides to bury it

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