hanging on by tom clausen

30 Saturday Dec 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, haiku, Ithaca, nature, photos, plants, poems and photos, Published Poems, trees, water reflections, winter

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after all, dripping, droplet, eaves, haiku, hanging on, Ithaca, knowing, nature, photography, photos, poetry, water, winter

eaves dripping
what do I know
after all

fitting in by tom clausen

27 Wednesday Dec 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, Cornell, Ithaca, nature, paths, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, tanka, winter

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acorns, children, everything, fitting in, innocence, Ithaca, joyfully, knowing, little, nature, photography, photos, poetry, tanka, tell, too much, winter

I watch my children
joyfully little and innocent
of everything ahead-
too much I know
too much to tell

Christmas eve by tom clausen

25 Monday Dec 2023

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

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change, Christmas, eve, everything, faster, Ithaca, leaves, nature, once, photography, photos, poetry, seasons, so long, still, tanka, time

once it took so long
for the seasons to change
but now everything faster-
how strange the way I want
time to just stand still

ice crystal by tom clausen

23 Saturday Dec 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, ice, Ithaca, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, tanka, winter

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between us, cold, creek, frozen, ice, ice crystals, nature, photography, photos, poetry, running, silence, tanka, walk, winter

the cold walk
silence
between us
the creek running
under ice

run off by tom clausen

20 Wednesday Dec 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, Ithaca, lakes and rivers, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, tanka, waterfalls, winter

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borrowed, force, full, Ithaca, Ithaca Falls, nature, photography, photos, poetry, rain, run off, sense, shake, tanka, time, waterfalls

full of rain
the river races along
past everything here-
I can’t shake the sense
I’m living on borrowed time

broken stick by tom clausen

18 Monday Dec 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, Ithaca, light, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, tanka, trees

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again, breaking, broken, here, nature, photography, photos, poetry, seeing, stick, tanka, together, trees, winter

she’s not here
to see it
but after breaking the stick
I perfectly fit the broken ends
back together again

adolescence by tom clausen

16 Saturday Dec 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, autumn, close up details, Dim Sum, fields, haiku, Ithaca, landscapes, nature, photos, plants, poems and photos, Published Poems, vines, winter

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adolescence, autumn, distance, haiku, Ithaca, mind, nature, photography, photos, poetry, twining, vines, winter

the distance
to another side
of my mind

empty mind by tom clausen

14 Thursday Dec 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, clouds, Ithaca, lakes and rivers, nature, parks, photos, poems and photos, ponds, Published Poems, reflections, tanka, trees, winter

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Botanic Garden, clouds, Cornell, empty, gazing, Ithaca, mind, nature, photography, photos, poetry, ponds, reflections, tanka, trees, winter

cloud gazing…
I thought about it
but wasn’t sure
what I’d do
with an empty mind

frozen raindrops by tom clausen

13 Wednesday Dec 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, ice, Ithaca, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, trees, water reflections, winter

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frozen, nature, out front, photography, photos, plainly, poetry, raindrops, show you, tanka, trees

if you pulled up
out front to visit
what could I show you
of my life
plainly as it is

water over the dam by tom clausen

10 Sunday Dec 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, gorges, Ithaca, lakes and rivers, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, tanka, waterfalls

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behind, dam, felt, further, Ithaca, nature, parents, photography, photos, poetry, reservoir, slip, tanka, time, water, winter, wondering

wondering if this is what
my parents felt
in their own time
seeing a better past slip
ever further behind

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