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La Push

28 Tuesday Sep 2021

Posted by Tom Clausen in close up details, haiku, nature, ocean imagery, photos, poems and photos, sea shore

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haiku, ocean, photography, photos, poems, puddle, shore

left alone awhile
the ocean swelling
just beyond

la push at low tide by tom clausen

16 Sunday Sep 2018

Posted by Tom Clausen in close up details, haiku, nature, ocean imagery, parks, poems and photos, sea shore, summer, water reflections

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haiku, nature, oceans, olympic national park, photography, photos, poetry, sea shore, tidal pools, Washington

my childhood
takes me back …
tidal pool

 

 

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surf line by tom clausen

11 Monday Jun 2018

Posted by Tom Clausen in birds, clouds, haiku, nature, ocean imagery, poems and photos, sunsets, water reflections

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haiku, nature, ocean, photography, photos, poems, shoreline, sunsets, surf

back and forth
the shimmering life
at the tide line…

 

 

gulls in sunset surf at Roger Wheeler Park- Rhode Island
Rhode Island sunrise on the beach by Anchor Motel...
seaside at Roger Wheeler State Beach- Rhode Island-
Rhode Island time it takes to find a peace of mind somewhere...
Rhode Island fishing trawler...
seaside surf line at Rhode Island -Roger Wheeler Beach...
walking the surf line in Rhode Island...
gold surf wash...
touched with light
Roger Wheeler State Beach near Point Judith Lighthouse 5-20-15.
sunset afterglow at Roger Wheeler State Beach near Point Judith Lighthouse 5-20-15
sunset afterglow at Roger Wheeler State Beach near Point Judith Lighthouse 5-20-15...
fishing boat in the Narragansett area in Rhode Island from a visit at this time of year in 2015 ...
surf line -Scarborough Beach, Rhode Island... May 2015 -
fog was almost dripping in Galilee ... Rhode Island
chain dripping a thick fog which made for a great atmosphere to explore the docks of Point Judith-Galilee 5-31-15
bird with a bit of sunset in the surf
sunset gold just before night takes it away...
walking the surf line...
ebbing light scenes along the surf-tide line at Roger Wheeler State Beach- 5-20-15
Berta leaving tracks in the Rhode Island beach sand strolling along listening to waves and shorebirds and nothingness...5-20-15...

ballestas islands by tom clausen

09 Friday Dec 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in close up details, haiku, landscapes, nature, ocean imagery, parks, Peru, poems and photos

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art, haiku, nature, Peru, photography, photos, poetry

before or after birth
our relationship
with the stars

 

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softened by tom clausen

30 Wednesday Nov 2016

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

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the time
it takes
for the sea
to soften
a brick

 

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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

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

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rundown docks
minnows schooling
around the  trawler

 

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ebbing light by tom clausen

10 Wednesday Jun 2015

Posted by Tom Clausen in landscapes, nature, ocean imagery, poems and photos, sunsets

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light, Narragansett, oceans, photography, poetry, Rhode Island, Roger Wheeler State Beach, sea side, seas, shore line, sunsets, surf, tanka, tides

ambivalence
I believe is what
I’ve come to sitting here
watching wave after wave
land itself

sunset washing back and forth on the beach

sunset
washing back and forth
on the beach

tide line by tom clausen

09 Tuesday Jun 2015

Posted by Tom Clausen in landscapes, nature, ocean imagery, poems and photos, sunsets

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light, Naragannsett, nature, ocean, Rhode Island, Roger Wheeler State Beach, sea, seas, shore birds, shoreline, shores, sunset, surf, tide, waters, waves

ebb of the day
washing back and forth
on the beach

each being on the threshold  of a dream...

each being
on the threshold
of a dream…

beach sand by tom clausen

04 Thursday Jun 2015

Posted by Tom Clausen in nature, ocean imagery, poems and photos

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Narragansett, nature, ocean, photography, poetry, Rhode Island, sand, Scarborough State Beach, seas, tanka, time, writing

each corner rounded off
in the back and forth
along the tide line…
maybe our pettiness
will ebb away too

beach sand the element of time ground down

beach sand
the element of time
ground down

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