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autumn silence by tom clausen

23 Wednesday Oct 2019

Posted by Tom Clausen in autumn, close up details, gardens, haiku, leaves, nature, paths, poems and photos, rust, Wabi Sabi

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autumn, haiku, little poems, nature, photography, photos, poems, poetry, red

autumn silence-
clippers rusted shut
in the garden

 

autumn silence-

at rest by tom clausen

19 Saturday Oct 2019

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, autumn, close up details, haiku, Ithaca, poems and photos, rust, trains, Wabi Sabi

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autumn, little poems, nature, photography, photos, poems, poetry, railroads, rust, tracks, trains

rust rivulets
at rest
the train wheel

 

train wheel at rest with rust rivulets

trestle rust

18 Friday Oct 2019

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, haiku, Ithaca, landscapes, poems and photos, rust, trains, Wabi Sabi

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bridges, haiku, photography, photos, poetry, railroads, rust, trains, trestles

another autumn…
the trestle rust
in season

 

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the weight by tom clausen

06 Wednesday Jun 2018

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, fields, landscapes, nature, Old Vehicles, poems and photos, rust, spring, Wabi Sabi

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haiku, nature, old trucks, photography, photos, poetry, rust, wabi sabi

long haul…
the weight
of time

 

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old spoon by tom clausen

22 Monday May 2017

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, haiku, Ithaca, nature, poems and photos, roads, rust, spring, Wabi Sabi

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older and older
the strangers saying hello
to me

 

On the roadside where I stopped to take the photos of the blaze of little blue flowers was this still visible form of a spoon , well past its day as a spoon, yet retaining that familiar

running on empty by tom clausen

21 Wednesday Sep 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, Old Vehicles, poems and photos, roads, rust, summer, Wabi Sabi

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art, beauty, design, details, Detroit, dreams, found art, haiku, junk yard, light, Montana, nature, old cars, past times, patina, photography, poetry, reflections, retired, rust, summer, sun, time, used, vehicles, wabi sabi, witness, worn

out to pasture
the fuel gauge
on empty

 

 

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across the plains by tom clausen

21 Wednesday Sep 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, Old Vehicles, poems and photos, roads, rust, summer, Wabi Sabi

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art, beauty, design, details, Detroit, dreams, found art, great plains, haiku, iron, junk yards, metal, nash, nature, North Dakota, photography, poetry, reflections, relics, summer, time, used cars, vintage, wabi sabi, weathered, witness, worn, zen

 

under big sky
from one water tower
to the next…

 

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wabi- sabi by tom clausen

27 Monday Apr 2015

Posted by Tom Clausen in abandoned buildings, close up details, poems and photos, rust, Wabi Sabi

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art, decomposition, details, found art, iron, little poems, metal, paint, patterns, peeling, photography, poetry, rust, steel, wabi sabi, weathering

end of the trail
the world
without humans
outside in the way rust begins

outside in
the way rust
begins

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