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whimsy

03 Friday Jun 2022

Posted by Tom Clausen in butterflies, haiku, Modern Haiku, Published Poems, summer

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the formal garden-
a cabbage butterfly’s
whimsy


Modern Haiku vol. XXIV, no.2 Summer, 1993

painted ladies by tom clausen

25 Monday Sep 2017

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

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painted ladies
too busy to notice
me

 

 

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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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graduation by tom clausen

26 Friday May 2017

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, butterflies, close up details, flowers, gardens, haiku, Ithaca, landscapes, nature, paths, plants, poems and photos, reflections, spring

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hunting four leaf clovers
students discuss
their childhoods

 

 

Uris Clock Tower had a line of those waiting to climb the 161 steps to look out from Far Above Cayuga's Waters... 5-25-14
Cornell- Friends in the moment and maybe reflecting on four years arriving at the moment of now... on libe slope 5-25-14
Cornell- A family tossing a frisbee around on libe slope...yesterday 5-24-14
Cornell- mother and daughter on libe slope yesterday. 5-25-14
Tiger Wallowtail butterfly - old railroad bed 5-26-16
Cornell-Everywhere on campus there were families strolling in the pleasantness of the spring day. 5-25-14
Cornell Botanic Garden drive... Comstock Rd.
Cornell Botanic Gardens from Judd Falls Rd.
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American Horse Chestnut blossom in front of Mann Library 5-24-13
Plant Science back to green... 5-23-14
Ho Plaza- Cornell University 5-19-14
Cornell path 5-19-14
Ho Plaza Cornell 5-19-14
Cornell Olin Hall spring tree 5-19-14
Cornell - Ho Plaza -5-19-14
Owl woodwork in the Straight Memorial Room staircases... 5-19-14
Owl woodwork in the Straight Memorial Room staircases... 5-19-14-a
Owl woodwork in the Straight Memorial Room staircases... b
dogwood tree by Olin Hall on campus...5-19-14

along the amazon by tom clausen

11 Sunday Dec 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in butterflies, close up details, lakes and rivers, landscapes, nature, Peru, plants, poems and photos, trees, water reflections

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art, nature, Peru, photography, photos, rivers

 

 

 

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peru-we-had-one-stop-on-the-way-to-muyuna-and-edson-pointed-to-this-little-shed-as-the-bathroom-if-we-needed-it-when-i-opened-the-door
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monarchy by tom clausen

05 Wednesday Oct 2016

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

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asters…
before the fall
is over

 

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black swallowtail series by tom clausen

05 Wednesday Aug 2015

Posted by Tom Clausen in butterflies, fields, flowers, landscapes, nature, poems and photos, summer, tanka

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art, beauty, design, fields, Finger Lakes, fleeting, flitting, flying, hilltop, micropoetry, Mt. Pleasant, New York, observe, photography, poetry, polinators, summer, swallowtail, tanka, thistles, wildflowers, witness

could be I’m tired
or lost, but to close my eyes
and nod off
while the world goes on
gives me a certain peace

 

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black swallowtail
chooses to settle a spell
on a purple thistle

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