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autumn at treman by tom clausen

13 Tuesday Nov 2018

Posted by Tom Clausen in autumn, gorges, Ithaca, lakes and rivers, leaves, nature, parks, paths, poems and photos, tanka, trees, waterfalls

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again this year
the leaves fall
and I watch…
the world as it is
a great mystery

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color therapy by tom clausen

15 Friday Jun 2018

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, flowers, gardens, Ithaca, landscapes, nature, plants, poems and photos, spring, tanka

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asked to arrange
the flowers in a vase
I put them in any which way-
so glad there are some things
which can’t go wrong

 

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mind reflection by tom clausen

19 Thursday Apr 2018

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, Ithaca, leaves, nature, parks, poems and photos, ponds, puddles, reflections, spring, tanka, trees, Wabi Sabi, water reflections, winter

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my wife asks
what it is I want-
there it is, that question
not even I
can answer

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Sapsucker Woods pond reflection...
Sapsucker Woods pond reflection loop...
Sapsucker Woods logged into a dream...
reflection from Sapsucker Woods boardwalk through woodland back waters. 3-27-17
reflection photo from Sapsucker Woods boardwalk through woodland back waters. 3-27-17
reflection from Sapsucker Woods boardwalk through woodland back waters. 3-27-17.
reflections at apsucker Woods main pond reflections... 3-27-17
reflection at apsucker Woods main pond reflections... 3-27-17
reflection -Sapsucker Woods main pond reflections... 3-27-17
reflection overlays of bare trees in standing water big puddles with their treasury of leaves in Sapsucker Woods 3-27-17.
reflection overlays of bare trees in standing water big puddles with their treasury of leaves in Sapsucker Woods 3-27-17..
reflection overlays of bare trees in standing water big puddles with their treasury of leaves in Sapsucker Woods 3-27-17...
reflection at Sapsucker Woods ...

tree dreams by tom clausen

19 Monday Mar 2018

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, Ithaca, nature, paths, poems and photos, puddles, reflections, spring, tanka, Wabi Sabi, water reflections

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so many chances
in a day
to say something to you,
but here it is
growing late

 

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many legs by tom clausen

20 Wednesday Sep 2017

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, autumn, close up details, Ithaca, landscapes, nature, poems and photos, roads, summer, tanka, Wabi Sabi

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the happiness
of very little
going on …
many legs walking
from summer into fall..

on many legs walking from summer into fall..

time was by tom clausen

15 Friday Sep 2017

Posted by Tom Clausen in close up details, flowers, gardens, Ithaca, leaves, nature, parks, plants, poems and photos, summer, sun, tanka, trees, Wabi Sabi

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out of view
I read autumn poems
while my wife talks to a friend,
their light laughter
lifts me from the page

 

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near Mann Library yesterday... 9-11-12
Cornell Botanic Gardens 9-11-12
a little fly has landed....
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mute sun by tom clausen

14 Friday Apr 2017

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, clouds, Ithaca, landscapes, nature, paths, poems and photos, spring, sun, tanka, trees, Wabi Sabi

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inevitability
yes of course there is
inevitability,
will it keep us together
or drive us apart?

 

 

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‘both sides now’ by tom clausen

05 Wednesday Apr 2017

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, barns, close up details, clouds, haiku, Ithaca, landscapes, nature, parks, poems and photos, ponds, spring, tanka, trees, Wabi Sabi, water reflections

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

 

 

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spring seams by tom clausen

05 Wednesday Apr 2017

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, clouds, gorges, Ithaca, lakes and rivers, landscapes, nature, parks, paths, poems and photos, spring, tanka, trees, water reflections, waterfalls

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the wind in the trees
reminds me
that what once was
so important
just passes by

 

 

A great big cloud formation over Flat Rocks from yesterday ... 4-4-15
branches over head creating a lattice to the sky ...4-4-15
A nest left behind from last year beginning to show through some of the threads and strings from the walk yesterday at the Cornell Botanic Garden.,. 4-04-15
Another pond at Cornell Plantations with ice slowly receding... 4-4-15
Cornell Botanic Garden pond 4-4-15
Looking through one fence at another fence reflected in a puddle with the sky and clouds 4-4-15
less abstract of the same view...
Along the walk a look into a puddle with some mosaic of pine and sky...4-4-15
late in the day the ground warmth was enough that the snow was unable to land there withoutout melting but on surfaces above the ground it was able to stay... that is my theory for this
little evergreen holding onto its snow covering ... 4-4-15
Yesterday at the Botanic Garden ... a look along the upper pathway...4-4-15
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Another view of Ithaca Falls with a roaring, raging, torrent of snow melt furiously falling! The force of it all gave off a strong spray laden-ed wind... All the gorges are at high tide
Ithaca Falls today 4-04-15

bare trees by tom clausen

09 Friday Dec 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, hills and mountains, Ithaca, landscapes, nature, poems and photos, tanka, trees, Wabi Sabi, winter

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Wondering if this is what
my parents felt,
in their own time
seeing a better past slip
ever further behind

 

 

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