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snagged by tom clausen

16 Saturday May 2015

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feeling, haiku, nature, poetry, spring, wild roses, writing

my arm snagged-
a good look at
the wild rose

on the road by tom clausen

16 Saturday May 2015

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haiku, moving, on the road, poetry, senryu, travel

the load tied down-
her painted toe nails
on the dashboard

100 years… rubble by tom clausen

16 Saturday May 2015

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demolition, destruction, haiku, houses, housing, Ithaca, Linden Avenue, passage, photography, poetry, Royal Palms, writing

summer night…
the scent of 100 years
in rubble

one day here, the next day  gone like everything and everyone...

one day here,
the next day
gone
like everything
and everyone…

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squirrel outing by tom clausen

16 Saturday May 2015

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At one time we served as a foster home for motherless kittens that had been abandoned and turned over to the SPCA. We often grew attached and would have trouble letting them go when the time was right and they were ready for adoption. ‘Squirrel’ came to our local SPCA from someone who found him and two other kittens covered in maggots next to a Dollar Store.  He and his siblings were weak and a mess but little by little they took to the bottle and prospered although Squirrel was easily the most difficult of the three. My daughter and I both became very attached to Squirrels siblings, me one, my daughter the other one. When the time came to give them back we had a terrible time and decided to keep just one… and yes it was Squirrel!  He had been super needy, frantic, very difficult to bottle feed and quite vocal. He is now almost six years old and a lovely cat but very skittish, private, and often hides under a bed or goes in the basement up in the rafters if there is any visitor or commotion. He has been a near totally indoor cat but this morning he sniffed the outside air at our deck door and after several scared runs back inside he actually ventured out to the top of the deck stairs until a passing truck scared him, terrified he ran back inside and that was that… but here is proof that on 5-16-15 that Squirrel did indeed venture outside…

asleep
in my lap the new kitten
I didn’t want

skittish but he musters up a brief outing on the deck

skittish
but he musters up
a brief outing
on the deck

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back inside safe and sound to sleep and relive the outing...

back inside
safe and sound
to sleep
and relive
the outing…

Haytor rocks by Peter_Post

15 Friday May 2015

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Sharing along these great clouds and landscape with gratitude…

reflections by BakCsaba

15 Friday May 2015

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Sharing along a summery day dream photo to gaze at with a certain peace of mind…

back yard by tom clausen

15 Friday May 2015

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Finger Lakes, haiku, Ithaca, New York State, overcast, photography, poetry, spring, trees, writing

early morning fog-
in the cereal bowl
the spoon clinks

back yard the overcast contrasts nicely with  the colors

back yard
the overcast contrasts nicely
with the colors

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old railroad bed by tom clausen

15 Friday May 2015

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cycling, Delaware and Hudson, green, haiku, Ithaca, paths, photography, poetry, rails to trails, recreation way, South Hill, spring, walk way, writing

train receding
its wake in the grasses
still waving…

the bike path with leaves arrived so welcome

the bike path
with leaves arrived
so welcome

straight up by tom clausen

15 Friday May 2015

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evergreens, forests, haiku, Ithaca, light, New York State, photography, pines, poetry, spring, stands, walking, woods, writing

sentinel pine-
roots running every which way
showered in moonlight

the closeness of the reach  for light...

the closeness
of the reach
for light…

home by tom clausen

15 Friday May 2015

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fences, haiku, home, lilacs, park, paths, photography, poetry, seasons, spring, walking, writing

heavy rain-
lilac blooms smush
against the window

the way home so many times in sun, wind or rain

the way home
so many times
in sun, wind or rain

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