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2:37 p.m. by tom clausen

21 Thursday Sep 2017

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, butterflies, close up details, Ithaca, landscapes, nature, parks, poems and photos, ponds, summer, Wabi Sabi

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butterflies, monarchs, nature, photography, photos, poetry

taking photos
of fallen leaves
on a pond
the monarch lands
on me…

 

 

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gentle garter snakes by tom clausen

20 Wednesday Sep 2017

Posted by Tom Clausen in close up details, nature, poems and photos, summer

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nature, photography, photos, poetry, snakes

just imagining
to be a snake
in this world
is also
not easy…

 

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one leaf by tom clausen

20 Wednesday Sep 2017

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, autumn, close up details, haiku, Ithaca, leaves, nature, poems and photos, summer, Wabi Sabi

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early autumn
so much to see
in one leaf

 

early autumn so much to see in one leaf

many legs by tom clausen

20 Wednesday Sep 2017

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, autumn, close up details, Ithaca, landscapes, nature, poems and photos, roads, summer, tanka, Wabi Sabi

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caterpillar, nature, photography, photos, poetry, tanka

 

the happiness
of very little
going on …
many legs walking
from summer into fall..

on many legs walking from summer into fall..

busy bees by tom clausen

20 Wednesday Sep 2017

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

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busy
as a bee
a bee

 

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honeybee on goldenrod photos from today. 9-19-16-
honeybee on goldenrod photos from today. 9-19-16--
honeybee on goldenrod photos from today. 9-19-16..
asters- little miners - -searching for a heart of gold'
honeybee on thistle
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time was by tom clausen

15 Friday Sep 2017

Posted by Tom Clausen in close up details, flowers, gardens, Ithaca, leaves, nature, parks, plants, poems and photos, summer, sun, tanka, trees, Wabi Sabi

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out of view
I read autumn poems
while my wife talks to a friend,
their light laughter
lifts me from the page

 

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near Mann Library yesterday... 9-11-12
Cornell Botanic Gardens 9-11-12
a little fly has landed....
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walking stick by tom clausen

15 Friday Sep 2017

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

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walking stick…
not much there to capture
in a photo

 

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apples by tom clausen

15 Friday Sep 2017

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, autumn, close up details, haiku, Ithaca, landscapes, nature, poems and photos, trees

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apples, autumn, haiku, nature, photography, photos, poetry

 

apple season-
what i remember
of the beginning

 

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early leaves by tom clausen

15 Friday Sep 2017

Posted by Tom Clausen in autumn, close up details, haiku, Ithaca, leaves, nature, paths, poems and photos, summer, Wabi Sabi

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autumn, haiku, leaves, nature, photography, photos, poetry

not enough
to rustle
yet…

 

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whistle stop by tom clausen

14 Thursday Sep 2017

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

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haiku, nature, photography, photos, poetry, trains, wildflowers

 

early autumn
a freight runs through
the goldenrod

 

early autumn a freight passes through the goldenrod
Norfolk Southern passingthrough the goldenrod in Ithaca 9-14-14
locomotive breath in Ithaca 9-14-13
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