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Monthly Archives: November 2016

snow scapes by tom clausen

30 Wednesday Nov 2016

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

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soft spoken-
on her windowsill
more snow

 

snow-held-in-the-fence-cells
snow-on-the-clothes-line
snow-on-the-branches
snow-clinging-to-the-clothes-line
a-branch-lined-with-snow
snow-branches
snow-in-the-forsythia
snow-through-the-fence-grid
snow-field
snow-on-the-phone-lines

softened by tom clausen

30 Wednesday Nov 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, nature, ocean imagery, poems and photos, tanka, Wabi Sabi

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the time
it takes
for the sea
to soften
a brick

 

a-brick-getting-softened-by-the-sea

nesting by tom clausen

30 Wednesday Nov 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, Ithaca, leaves, nature, poems and photos, squirrels, trees

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squirrel work gathering leaves for a nest…

 

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squirrel-building-a-nest-of-leaves-11-30-15
squirrel-at-work-building-a-nest

fog dripping by tom clausen

30 Wednesday Nov 2016

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thick fog
dripping
itself

 

chain-dripping-a-thick-fog-from-last-may-on-the-docks-in-narragansett-rhode-island

rundown by tom clausen

30 Wednesday Nov 2016

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rundown docks
minnows schooling
around the  trawler

 

rundown-docks-minnows-schooling-around-the-old-trawler

life of leaves by tom clausen

29 Tuesday Nov 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, autumn, close up details, haiku, Haiku Way of Life, Ithaca, lakes and rivers, landscapes, leaves, nature, paths, poems and photos, trees, Wabi Sabi

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first one leaf
then another and another
and another…

 

leaves-neatly-gathered-in-the-stream-the-stream-flow-was-going-from-left-to-right-seems-so-unlikely-that-leaves-would-have-piled-up-so-neatly-like-this-i-stood-staring-at-this-making-sure-i-was
leaves-piling-up-one-by-one-so-neatly
a-leaf-jam-on-cascadilla-creek
a-leaf-expresses-itself
so-many-leaves-some-have-left-their-mark
so-many-leaves-some-have-left-their-mark
leaf-caught
as-we-talk-wind-blowing-leaves-out-of-the-trees
the-sound-of-leaves-upon-leaves

reservoir by tom clausen

29 Tuesday Nov 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, autumn, close up details, gorges, Ithaca, lakes and rivers, landscapes, leaves, nature, paths, poems and photos, trees, Wabi Sabi, water reflections, waterfalls

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this lot
in life
between
this world
and that

 

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milkweed seeds by tom clausen

29 Tuesday Nov 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, fields, haiku, Ithaca, landscapes, nature, plants, poems and photos, Wabi Sabi

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milkweed seeds trying to hold on and let go…this life

 

milkweed-seeds-trying-to-hold-on-and-let-go
milkweed-seed-pod-cleared-but-seeds-still-attached
gobs-of-milkweed-seeds
ready-to-go-milkweed-seeds
milkweeds-seeds-a-plenty
milkweed-seeds-in-suit-coat
milkweed-pods-with-seeds-stretching-out
milkweed-seed-pod-emptied
milkweed-seeds-flowing

geese one liner by tom clausen

29 Tuesday Nov 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, autumn, fields, haiku, Ithaca, landscapes, nature, poems and photos, trees, Wabi Sabi

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just enough geese for a  one liner

*

that one trying to get in  line

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on the way home
more geese
on the way home

 

geese-one-liner
one-trying-to-get-in-line
on-the-way-home-more-geese-on-the-way-home
big-cloud-front-moving-in-on-the-open-sky
geese-strung-out-on-the-move
sailing-in-perpetual-orbit-around-us-sailing-in-perpetual-orbit-at-the-same-time-the-whole-universe-expands-or-contracts-and-what-a-world-it-is
geese-against-a-blue-sky
willow-at-stewart-park-in-sun-and-snow-on-blue

mirror by tom clausen

29 Tuesday Nov 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, haiku, Ithaca, nature, poems and photos, ponds, water reflections

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mirror mirror
on the ground
who’s the fairest
puddle around

 

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