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in the distance by tom clausen

19 Saturday Oct 2019

Posted by Tom Clausen in Frogpond, haiku, leaves, nature, paths, poems and photos, Published Poems, trains

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frogpond  vol. 42:1 winter 2019

Great Plains…
in the distance
a whole train

our checkered past-
colorful leaves carpet
the rainy path

dress rehearsal by tom clausen

19 Saturday Oct 2019

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, autumn, close up details, haiku, Ithaca, leaves, nature, paths, poems and photos, trees

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dress rehearsal-
i get up
out of bed

 

Stewart Park path through the woods along Fall Creek. 10-13-17

quilt for mother by tom clausen

19 Saturday Oct 2019

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, autumn, close up details, haiku, leaves, nature, poems and photos, sun

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fallen leaves…
a fresh quilt
for mother

 

side yard early morning sun on leaves 10-16-16..

the visit by tom clausen

05 Wednesday Dec 2018

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, autumn, cemeteries, close up details, haiku, Ithaca, leaves, nature, poems and photos, trees

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alone
with everyone
at the cemetery

 

cemetery statue --

autumn at treman by tom clausen

13 Tuesday Nov 2018

Posted by Tom Clausen in autumn, gorges, Ithaca, lakes and rivers, leaves, nature, parks, paths, poems and photos, tanka, trees, waterfalls

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again this year
the leaves fall
and I watch…
the world as it is
a great mystery

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sky high by tom clausen

09 Tuesday Oct 2018

Posted by Tom Clausen in autumn, haiku, hills and mountains, leaves, nature, poems and photos, trees

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as we talk…
wind blowing leaves
out of the trees

 

autumn trees on Wheeler Mountain near Lake Willoughby 10-8-13

random realms by tom clausen

06 Wednesday Jun 2018

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

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the crowd presses
to look in-
zen garden

 

Upside down by Tom Clausen
blossoming wild
blossoming blue
daisy days
blue blossoming
whitetail dragonfly resting on a reed while clouds roam above and below...
frog twangs off and on around the little pool...
hosta leaves had such beautiful water droplets magnifying the leaf pattern-texture and showing some sun shine too... Here is a series of these rain droplets at the Cornell Botanic Garden
hosta leaves had such beautiful water droplets magnifying the leaf pattern-texture and showing some sun shine too... Here is a series of these rain droplets at the Cornell Botanic Garden
cloud chaos
sunset afterglow beauty
Big oak out behind the horse barns-tennis center off Pine Tree Rd. tonight 6-06-15--
tulip tree blossom.
tulip tree blossom..
tulip tree blossom--
tulip tree blossom.--
whitetail dragonfly from an afternoon walk today 6-05-15--
Cornell Botanic Garden bench 6-6-17-

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flowering call by tom clausen

06 Wednesday Jun 2018

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

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This gallery contains 18 photos.

 

mind reflection by tom clausen

19 Thursday Apr 2018

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, Ithaca, leaves, nature, parks, poems and photos, ponds, puddles, reflections, spring, tanka, trees, Wabi Sabi, water reflections, winter

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my wife asks
what it is I want-
there it is, that question
not even I
can answer

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Sapsucker Woods pond reflection...
Sapsucker Woods pond reflection loop...
Sapsucker Woods logged into a dream...
reflection from Sapsucker Woods boardwalk through woodland back waters. 3-27-17
reflection photo from Sapsucker Woods boardwalk through woodland back waters. 3-27-17
reflection from Sapsucker Woods boardwalk through woodland back waters. 3-27-17.
reflections at apsucker Woods main pond reflections... 3-27-17
reflection at apsucker Woods main pond reflections... 3-27-17
reflection -Sapsucker Woods main pond reflections... 3-27-17
reflection overlays of bare trees in standing water big puddles with their treasury of leaves in Sapsucker Woods 3-27-17.
reflection overlays of bare trees in standing water big puddles with their treasury of leaves in Sapsucker Woods 3-27-17..
reflection overlays of bare trees in standing water big puddles with their treasury of leaves in Sapsucker Woods 3-27-17...
reflection at Sapsucker Woods ...

winter reflections by tom clausen

23 Tuesday Jan 2018

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, Ithaca, leaves, nature, poems and photos, puddles, reflections, trees, Wabi Sabi, water reflections, winter

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from Carlos Castanada

All paths
are the same,
leading nowhere.
Therefore, pick
a path with heart!

 

 

leaves frozen at the surface of a pond in the Cornell Botanic Garden... each one had absorbed the sun just enough to open a bit of space around itself... 1-22-17.
leaves frozen at the surface of a pond in the Cornell Botanic Garden... each one had absorbed the sun just enough to open a bit of space around itself... 1-22-17..
Beebe Lake opening in the ice... 1-22-17
tree in a puddle...
leaves frozen at the surface of a pond in the Cornell Botanic Garden... each one had absorbed the sun just enough to open a bit of space around itself... 1-22-17
leaves frozen at the surface of a pond in the Cornell Botanic Garden... each one had absorbed the sun just enough to open a bit of space around itself... 1-22-17-
ice breaks open for reflections...
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Beebe Lake reflection through the melting ice
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