04 Tuesday Aug 2015
Posted in poems and photos
Tags
beauty, Finger Lakes, forest floor, forests, Ithaca, leaves, moss, mushrooms, nature, nature preserve, New York, poetry, Ringwood Swamp, still life, summer, tanka, woods
if we looked together
at this little vignette
and said nothing at all
might it bring us closer
and give us peace of mind?
forest floor
the housekeeping
of it all
04 Tuesday Aug 2015
Posted in poems and photos
Tags
art, beauty, Eddie Vedder, fiddle, guitar, hunger, Ithaca, listening, music, Pearl Jam, photography, playing, poetry, singers, singing, songs, street people, strike, tanka, Temple of the Dog, violin, voice
Temple of the Dog
“Hunger Strike”
“I’m going Hungry”
04 Tuesday Aug 2015
Posted in poems and photos
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beauty, design, display, fields, Finger Lakes, flowers, forgiveness, haiku, Ithaca, New York, photography, poetry, Queen Anne's Lace, roads, summer, weeds, wildflowers
Queen Anne’s Lace
so many galaxies
within themselves
the welcome
of each blossom
wherever
04 Tuesday Aug 2015
Posted in poems and photos
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expanse, fields, Finger Lakes, haiku, hay, hay bales, Ithaca, Mt. Pleasant, New York, photography, poetry, sky, summer
the sky
once again changes
the hay bale
as bleak as it might look
the sky opens above
to show some blue
03 Monday Aug 2015
Posted in poems and photos
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felines, peacefulness, peeking, pets, photography, poetry, relaxing, senryu, sleep
to the cat:
“that’s complete and
utter nonsense”
sound asleep
but every now and then
peeking
03 Monday Aug 2015
Posted in poems and photos
Tags
art, beauty, Finger Lakes, Ithaca, knots, New York State, now, photography, planks, poetry, red, summer, wabi sabi, weathered, weathering, wood, wood grain, worn
older and older
the strangers saying hello
to me
the way paint
holds on through
hard times
tom clausen 