the prize by tom clausen

29 Friday Dec 2023

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

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awake, drama, dramatic, dreams, growing, nature, older, photography, photos, poetry, prize, tanka, trees, vivid

is it the prize
of growing older
these vivid dreams
so much more dramatic
then what I do awake

gently by tom clausen

28 Thursday Dec 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, cats, close up details, leaves, nature, photos, plants, poems and photos, Published Poems, tanka

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cats, day, gently, leaves, nature, photography, photos, poetry, purring, sleep, soulful, tanka

I asked him about his day
what he did
if he got enough sleep
and in response
a soulful look and purring

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

holy roof by tom clausen

24 Sunday Dec 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in abandoned buildings, americana, barns, light, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, tanka

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barn roof, barns, days, holes, holy light, light, nature, night, photography, photos, poetry, roof, tanka, too much, welcome

some days seem
altogether too much,
but then
so welcome
it becomes the night

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

climate change by tom clausen

21 Thursday Dec 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, leaves, nature, photos, plants, poems and photos, Published Poems, winter

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beauties, being, being here now, born, climate change, here, nature, no troubles, now, photography, photos, plants, poetry, tanka, troubles, winter

before I was born
no troubles
yet here and there
these beauties
of being here now

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

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