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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

 

 

bare-trees

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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no mind by tom clausen

26 Saturday Nov 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in close up details, fields, gorges, hills and mountains, Ithaca, landscapes, nature, paths, poems and photos, sunsets, tanka, trees, Wabi Sabi, waterfalls, winter

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beginning a walk
with no mind
for what was
or what will be
just what is…

 

 

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held-aloft-in-the-little-crown-queen-annes-lace
fence-line-at-sunset-by-the-pine-tree-rd-horse-barns
beautiful-micanthus-grasses-outside-plant-science-building-yesterday
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fall-creek-gorge-gazebo-on-a-cliff
fall-creek-falls
walking-the-line-light-on-both-sides-now
roots-exposed-the-way-storms-come-and-go
roots-holding-the-tree-from-downstream
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sinking-sun-not-much-time-on-the-horizon
days-afterglow-the-walk-home-so-well-known
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revelations by tom clausen

26 Saturday Nov 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in close up details, clouds, gorges, Ithaca, lakes and rivers, leaves, nature, poems and photos, tanka, trees, Wabi Sabi, water reflections

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from the edge
a lingering look
as if there might be
something in the water
to show me the way…

 

 

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short years by tom clausen

25 Tuesday Oct 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in autumn, Ithaca, landscapes, leaves, moon, nature, paths, poems and photos, tanka, trees, Wabi Sabi

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my youth spent
gathering the strength and solace
of friends,
these short years later
losing them one by one

 

 

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penny by tom clausen

07 Friday Oct 2016

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

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it was a hot day
when I dropped a penny
in the soft tar…
almost a year now
I’ve paid visits to it

 

 

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hands by tom clausen

29 Thursday Sep 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in close up details, leaves, nature, poems and photos, summer, tanka, trees, Wabi Sabi

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between chores
I study my hands
as if they might hold
something
I should know

 

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black swallowtail series by tom clausen

05 Wednesday Aug 2015

Posted by Tom Clausen in butterflies, fields, flowers, landscapes, nature, poems and photos, summer, tanka

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could be I’m tired
or lost, but to close my eyes
and nod off
while the world goes on
gives me a certain peace

 

black swallowtail chooses to settle a spell  on a  purple  thistle

black swallowtail
chooses to settle a spell
on a purple thistle

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dainty by tom clausen

27 Monday Jul 2015

Posted by Tom Clausen in dragonflies, Ithaca, nature, poems and photos, ponds, tanka, water reflections

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in the midst
of the children’s raucous play
I notice my son a moment
staring as if aware
of something fleeting past

heart beats the smooth flow of the creek

heart beats
the smooth flow
of the creek

12 spotted skimmer by tom clausen

01 Wednesday Jul 2015

Posted by Tom Clausen in dragonflies, Ithaca, nature, poems and photos, ponds, tanka

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beyond this life
that one old friend
I bump into over and over
promising we’ll get together
again, someday

 


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12 spotted skimmer
is what a friend tells me
it is…

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