winter sun by tom clausen

02 Friday Feb 2024

Posted by Tom Clausen in A Work of Love, americana, close up details, photos, poems and photos, sun, tanka, winter

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childhood, haiku, hand, held out, marbles, memories, nature, now and then, photography, photos, poetry, sun, tanka, tide

every now and then
a marble brings back
a whole tide
of collective memories
of childhood

cracked by tom clausen

14 Sunday Jan 2024

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, Ithaca, nature, photos, poems and photos, shadows, sun, tanka, winter

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arrive, cracked, drive, Ithaca, nature, opinions, photography, photos, poetry, sun, tanka

so many things
to have opinions on
yet as I drive along
I don’t arrive
at any of them

hidden forest by tom clausen

13 Saturday Jan 2024

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, Cornell, ice, Ithaca, lakes and rivers, nature, parks, paths, photos, poems and photos, reflections, tanka, trees, winter

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another life, Botanic Garden, Cornell, footbridge, Ithaca, life, nature, photography, photos, poetry, ponds, reflections, tanka, trees, treetops, winter, within

in another life
within this life
at the edge of the ice
under the footbridge
treetops

the world by tom clausen

07 Sunday Jan 2024

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, fields, Ithaca, landscapes, nature, paths, photos, poems and photos, snow, tanka, winter

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covering, falling, nature, photography, photos, poetry, snow, tanka, the way, tracks, trees, winter, world

the way
of the world
snow falling
covering
my tracks

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

bessie dear by tom clausen

26 Tuesday Dec 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, deer, nature, photos, poems and photos, tanka, winter

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bessie, Christmas, deer, longing, looks, nature, nothings, photography, photos, poetry, saying, tanka, understand

christmas day…
saying little nothings
that neither of us
understand , yet
still our looks of longing

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

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