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half world by tom clausen

02 Friday Dec 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in abandoned buildings, americana, autumn, gorges, haiku, Ithaca, lakes and rivers, landscapes, nature, poems and photos, Wabi Sabi, water reflections, waterfalls

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still water…
more wishes
in time

 

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van-nattas-dam
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ducks afloat by tom clausen

02 Friday Dec 2016

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

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ducks in their floating world…

 

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december light by tom clausen

02 Friday Dec 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in autumn, close up details, haiku, Ithaca, lakes and rivers, landscapes, leaves, nature, parks, plants, poems and photos, ponds, trees, Wabi Sabi, water reflections, winter

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beyond light meeting dark on the water …

 

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rim trail by tom clausen

02 Friday Dec 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, autumn, close up details, gorges, haiku, hills and mountains, Ithaca, lakes and rivers, landscapes, nature, paths, poems and photos, trees

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on the trail again
walking deeper
into myself

 

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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

 

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snow-on-the-branches
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a-branch-lined-with-snow
snow-branches
snow-in-the-forsythia
snow-through-the-fence-grid
snow-field
snow-on-the-phone-lines

fog dripping by tom clausen

30 Wednesday Nov 2016

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

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thick fog
dripping
itself

 

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rundown by tom clausen

30 Wednesday Nov 2016

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rundown docks
minnows schooling
around the  trawler

 

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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…

 

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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

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

 

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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

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that one trying to get in  line

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on the way home
more geese
on the way home

 

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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
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willow-at-stewart-park-in-sun-and-snow-on-blue
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