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smokestack sunset by tom clausen

16 Tuesday Dec 2025

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, clouds, Cornell, haiku, Ithaca, landscapes, light, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, sunsets, winter

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Cornell, haiku, heating plant, light, light bulb, photography, photos, poetry, smokestacks, sunset, the way, trash, winter

the way

the way
the light bulb rests
in the rest of the trash

thanksgiving break by tom clausen

29 Saturday Nov 2025

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, Cornell, haiku, Ithaca, paths, photos, poems and photos, winter

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break, campus, Cornell, Goldwin Smith Hall, photography, photos, poems, poetry, Thanksgiving

thanksgiving break
the campus without
most of the students

dream time by tom clausen

21 Friday Nov 2025

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, Cornell, nature, parks, photos, poems and photos, ponds, reflections, tanka, water reflections

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blue sky, dreams, nature, photography, photos, poetry, ponds, reflections, tanka, theater, water

pulling the sheet
and covers back
I get in and lie down
prepared for the theater 
of my dreams… 

surfacing – tom clausen

23 Sunday Jun 2024

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, Cornell, haiku, Ithaca, light, nature, photos, poems and photos, ponds, summer, turtles

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bearing, Botanic Gardens, Cornell, haiku, Ithaca, life, long, mossy, nature, photography, photos, poetry, pond, scutes, snapper, snapping turtle, summer, surfacing, turtle, witness

mossy scutes
bearing witness
to a long life

in the garden – tom clausen

04 Tuesday Jun 2024

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, Cornell, flowers, gardens, haiku, Ithaca, nature, parks, photos, plants, poems and photos, spring

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being
in the garden
just to be in the garden

turning back – tom clausen

03 Monday Jun 2024

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, Cornell, flowers, gardens, nature, photos, plants, poems and photos, tanka

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aging out
of myself
i try to find out
what it takes
to turn back

heart – tom clausen

02 Sunday Jun 2024

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, Cornell, flowers, gardens, Ithaca, nature, photos, plants, poems and photos, Published Poems, spring, tanka

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I keep it ambiguous
knowing full well
a defined reason
for feeling down
can be dismissed

ascension – tom clausen

15 Wednesday May 2024

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, Cornell, Dim Sum, flowers, gardens, haiku, Ithaca, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, spring, trees

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the brevity
of blossoming
taken to heart

unfurling – tom clausen

12 Sunday May 2024

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, Cornell, gardens, haiku, Ithaca, nature, photos, plants, poems and photos, Published Poems, spring

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child, ferns, fiddleheads, haiku, happiness, know, me, nature, photography, photos, poetry, spring, unfurling, waving

happiness
a child I don’t know
waving at me

spring gate by tom clausen

11 Thursday Apr 2024

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, Cornell, haiku, Ithaca, nature, paths, photos, poems and photos, spring, trees

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cherry blossoms, Collegetown, Cornell, Eddy Gate, flow, haiku, Ithaca, nature, passerby's, photography, photos, poetry, spring

cherry blossoms
the flow of spring
passerby’s

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