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autumn begins by tom clausen

04 Tuesday Oct 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in autumn, haiku, hills and mountains, Ithaca, landscapes, leaves, nature, poems and photos, trees

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a blue jay calls twice…
a deep silence
in the woods

 

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puddle by tom clausen

03 Monday Oct 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in clouds, haiku, Ithaca, nature, paths, poems and photos, summer, Wabi Sabi, water reflections

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steps down…
into the clouds
and sky

 

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cliff edge by tom clausen

03 Monday Oct 2016

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

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reading into it
as much as i can
my life

 

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rainy day by tom clausen

03 Monday Oct 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in close up details, gardens, haiku, Ithaca, nature, plants, poems and photos, summer

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rainy day…
what the spider finds
in it’s web

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turtles sunning by tom clausen

01 Saturday Oct 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in close up details, nature, poems and photos, ponds, summer, turtles, water reflections

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turtles sunning-
the time between fall
and spring

 

(a bumper crop of turtles on logs at a Sapsucker Woods pond  9-25-16 )

 

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horse sense by tom clausen

01 Saturday Oct 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in close up details, fields, flowers, haiku, Ithaca, nature, poems and photos, summer

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art, Denmark, details, eating, eyes, fields, Finger Lakes, flowers, haiku, horse, horses, India, Ithaca, life, mouth, nature, New York, Norway, observations, Peru, photography, poems, poetry, Scotland, space, U.S.A., UK, witness

watching
the horse enjoy eating
flowers

 

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frog pond by tom clausen

01 Saturday Oct 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in frogs, haiku, Ithaca, nature, poems and photos, ponds, summer, water reflections

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frog pond-
so many leaps
of faith

 

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autumn colors by tom clausen

01 Saturday Oct 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in autumn, close up details, haiku, hills and mountains, Ithaca, landscapes, leaves, nature, paths, poems and photos, trees

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autumn field-
the vitamin slowly dissolves
in my mouth

 

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stone work by tom clausen

01 Saturday Oct 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in close up details, gorges, haiku, Ithaca, landscapes, nature, poems and photos, summer

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art, Finger Lakes, Finland, France, geology, Germany, Greece, haiku, Iceland, India, Indonesia, inspiration, Ireland, Italy, Ithaca, Japan, layers, life, Mexico, New Yor, New York State, Norway, observation, Peru, photography, rock, Russia, Scotland, sedimentary, Six Mile Creek, South America, Spain, stone, Sudan, Sweden, tanka, Tanzania, Thailand, time, Turkey, U.S.A., UK, Vietnam, witness

layers
of time
breaking
down
the silence

 

 

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