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quechua by tom clausen

13 Friday Mar 2015

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fruits, Huaraz, life, Peru, photography, poetry, Quechua, still life, street markets, tanka, vegetables, weaving

 

we work briskly
into the momentum of the day
a long list of what to do
once all there was
was to fall in love

on the street market spilling out from the storefront

on the street
market spilling out
from the storefront

 

from the hills everything imaginable brought to town

from the hills
everything imaginable
brought to town

 

the colors woven in one thing after another

the colors
woven in one thing
after another

 

bundled in a pretty shawl carried on the her back

bundled
in a pretty shawl
carried on the her back

pastoruri by tom clausen

13 Friday Mar 2015

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hiking, Pastoruri Glacier, Peru, photography, poetry

 

quiet part…
out loud a little one asks
“when will it end?”

pathway to the shrinking Pastoruri Glacier

pathway
to the shrinking Pastoruri Glacier

 

 

entrance by tom clausen

13 Friday Mar 2015

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hiking, lakes, mountains, Peru, photography, poetry, tanka

 

standing here just watching
the spring sun sparkle
on the water
what is it they say about
living life to the fullest

for miles nothing but the lake and mountains...

for miles
nothing but the lake
and mountains…

12 Thursday Mar 2015

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fall foliage, hiking, light, nature, Northeast Kingdom, photography, poetry, trees, Vermont, Wheeler Mountain

 

another day
a few birds fly
across the sunset

a glance above into the story of autumn colors

a glance above
into the story
of autumn colors

steep by tom clausen

12 Thursday Mar 2015

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history, Inca, Machu Picchu, Peru, photography, poetry, stone work, terraces

 

wasting
not a moment
spring peepers

Machu Picchu  the look down the steep terraces...

Machu Picchu
the look down
the steep terraces…

last stand by tom clausen

12 Thursday Mar 2015

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farm house, houses, photography, poetry, wabi sabi

old farmhouse-
the pitch of the
patterned linoleum

 

the last family  long gone with the wind

the last family
long gone
with the wind

open door by tom clausen

12 Thursday Mar 2015

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doors, motels, photography, poetry

 

taking me back…
water laps gently
at the shore

no vacancy yet the door open to anyone

no vacancy
yet the door open
to anyone

catharsis by tom clausen

11 Wednesday Mar 2015

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photography, poetry, sunset, trees

 

potluck luncheon-
a yellow jacket cleans
its antennae

seeing this I realize the comfort of everything

seeing this
I realize the comfort
of everything

the wheel by tom clausen

11 Wednesday Mar 2015

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fairs, ferris wheel, Ithaca, photography, poetry, reflection, sky, summer

 

straight out
of a dream
another day

turning thoughts through childhood right into now

turning thoughts
through childhood
right into now

cayuga by tom clausen

11 Wednesday Mar 2015

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ducks, geese, gulls, ice, Ithaca, photography, poetry, spring, winter

 

alone
in the middle of a crowd
someone I knew

gulls, geese and ducks on Cayuga Lake enjoying the sun

gulls, geese and ducks
on Cayuga Lake
enjoying the sun

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