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sailing by tom clausen

30 Thursday Apr 2015

Posted by Tom Clausen in lakes and rivers, nature, poems and photos

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Finger Lakes, haiku, Ithaca, lakes, photography, poetry, sailboats, sailing, seasons, spring, Stewart Park, water

new day
sailboats lean
into the wind

sailing class lining up in the wind and sun

sailing class
lining up in the wind
and sun

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blush by tom clausen

29 Wednesday Apr 2015

Posted by Tom Clausen in landscapes, nature, poems and photos, spring, trees

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Finger Lakes, haiku, Ithaca, nature, photography, poetry, red, seasons, spring, Taughannock Falls State Park, trees

spring planting
petals scattered over
turned earth
a blush  of red spring buds

a blush
of red
spring buds

inside by tom clausen

27 Monday Apr 2015

Posted by Tom Clausen in close up details, flowers, gardens, nature, poems and photos, Wabi Sabi

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beauty, details, flowers, nature, observation, photography, poetry, spring, tanka, trees, witness

she has twice

had to bring me back

to the garden to help—

how happy it makes her

when I stay

always a center in creation

always
a center
in creation

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jay by tom clausen

23 Thursday Apr 2015

Posted by Tom Clausen in birds, nature, poems and photos

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feathers, feeders, flight, flying, nature, observance, photography, poetry, spring, witness

the feeder-
the gift of flight visits
one by one

blue jay... my day spent without any scolding

blue jay…
my day spent without
any scolding

nesting by tom clausen

04 Saturday Apr 2015

Posted by Tom Clausen in birds, close up details, fields, haiku, Ithaca, landscapes, nature, poems and photos, spring

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haiku, Ithaca, nature, nests, photography, poetry, spring

red wing blackbirds
snow in patches
between headstones
strings, threads gathered and woven into a home

strings, threads
gathered and woven
into a home

seneca lake by tom clausen

31 Tuesday Mar 2015

Posted by Tom Clausen in autumn, landscapes, nature, poems and photos, Wabi Sabi

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art, beauty, design, dreams, fall, Finger Lakes, found art, lakes, light, nature, New York, New York State, photography, poetry, Seneca Lake, shore, shore line, sky, sun, tanka, time, trees, upstate New York, water, waters, witness, woods

bowed to the ground
the golden-rods
too tall of themselves-
I couldn’t tell her why
the sky is blue
the clarity of being here now as witness

the clarity
of being here now
as witness

white deer by tom clausen

30 Monday Mar 2015

Posted by Tom Clausen in deer, nature, poems and photos

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deer, Finger Lakes, New York, Ovid, photography, poetry, Seneca Army Depot, spring, Willard

despite
the development
deer path
behind fences at the closed Seneca Army Depot some of the deer are white

behind fences
at the closed Seneca Army Depot
some of the deer are white

last light by tom clausen

18 Wednesday Mar 2015

Posted by Tom Clausen in clouds, landscapes, nature, poems and photos, sunsets, trees

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light, photography, poetry, reflection, sunsets, tanka, trees

 

the farther away it gets
the more magical it becomes
those times at night
in the back seat ,
my parents taking us someplace…

a moment before our sun leaves us to another night...

a moment
before our sun leaves us
to another night…

beebe by tom clausen

05 Thursday Mar 2015

Posted by Tom Clausen in landscapes, nature, poems and photos, waterfalls, winter

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Fall Creek, frozen, Ithaca, photography, poetry, waterfalls, winter

the way
the waterfall flows
into being frozen

 

students  view the frozen falls on their way to class...

students view
the frozen falls
on their way to class…

long journey by tom clausen

15 Sunday Feb 2015

Posted by Tom Clausen in close up details, nature, paths, Peru, poems and photos

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art, beauty, design, found art, haiku, nature, Peru, photography, poetry, snails, time, walking, witness, zen

she wanders away…
her snail disembarks
the matchbox truck

 

she wanders away... her snail disembarks the matchbox truck

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