presence by tom clausen

05 Sunday Jul 2015

Posted by Tom Clausen in poems and photos

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flowers, haiku, koans, Laboratory of Ornithology, lily pads, nature, now, observing, photography, poetry, ponds, Sapsucker Woods, senryu, summer, zen

wanting my old life
when I wanted
my present life

the work
in this life
is never over…

holsteins by tom clausen

05 Sunday Jul 2015

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Finger Lakes, grazing, holstein, Ithaca, nature, New York State, pasture, photography, poetry, summer

an exchange
by the roadside
without words…

holsteins
in their perfection
moo

red eft by tom clausen

05 Sunday Jul 2015

Posted by Tom Clausen in nature, poems and photos, roads

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Finger Lakes, fragility, Ithaca, journey, life, migration, New York State, newts, photography, poetry, red eft, roads, salamanders, summer, wetlands

up out of the valley
across roads
a perilous journey

red eft
on the move
to become a newt

look by tom clausen

05 Sunday Jul 2015

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Finger Lakes, focus, haiku, Ithaca, llamas, looking, nature, New York, pastures, photography, poetry, summer, watching, witness

out to pasture
grazing and watching
what goes by…

from Peru
to upstate New York
a llama’s look

prowling by tom clausen

01 Wednesday Jul 2015

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haiku, hunting, lawns, nature, observing, photography, poetry, prowling, senryu, summer, walking, yards

to the cat:
“that’s complete and
utter nonsense”

on the prowl
at the perimeter
the house cat…

turquoise by tom clausen

01 Wednesday Jul 2015

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elevation, glaciers, haiku, hiking, lakes, mountains, nature, Peru, photography, poetry, South America, tourist, treks, turquoise, waters

the hypnotist
describes her technique
sound of the stream

standing there…
the water a dream
supreme

12 spotted skimmer by tom clausen

01 Wednesday Jul 2015

Posted by Tom Clausen in dragonflies, Ithaca, nature, poems and photos, ponds, tanka

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art, dragonflies, dragonfly, found art, nature, photography, poetry, ponds, summer, tanka, water

beyond this life
that one old friend
I bump into over and over
promising we’ll get together
again, someday

12 spotted skimmer
is what a friend tells me
it is…

rock bed by tom clausen

01 Wednesday Jul 2015

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fabric, lakes, mountains, Peru, photography, poetry, weaving

mountaintop:
I am, so
I am

a bed of imagination

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Monthly Archives: July 2015

presence by tom clausen

holsteins by tom clausen

red eft by tom clausen

look by tom clausen

prowling by tom clausen

turquoise by tom clausen

12 spotted skimmer by tom clausen

rock bed by tom clausen