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tree tops by tom clausen

13 Tuesday Dec 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, autumn, close up details, haiku, Ithaca, lakes and rivers, poems and photos, trees, Wabi Sabi, water reflections

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a little backwater pool
to walk right up to
the tree tops…

 

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along the amazon by tom clausen

11 Sunday Dec 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in butterflies, close up details, lakes and rivers, landscapes, nature, Peru, plants, poems and photos, trees, water reflections

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peru-we-had-one-stop-on-the-way-to-muyuna-and-edson-pointed-to-this-little-shed-as-the-bathroom-if-we-needed-it-when-i-opened-the-door
peru-we-had-one-stop-on-the-way-to-muyuna-and-edson-pointed-to-this-little-shed-as-the-bathroom-if-we-needed-it-when-i-opened-the-door-the-view-inside-looking-down-the-amazon
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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

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winter light by tom clausen

07 Wednesday Dec 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in fields, haiku, hills and mountains, Ithaca, landscapes, nature, paths, poems and photos, sunsets, trees, Wabi Sabi, winter

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december light by tom clausen

02 Friday Dec 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in autumn, close up details, haiku, Ithaca, lakes and rivers, landscapes, leaves, nature, parks, plants, poems and photos, ponds, trees, Wabi Sabi, water reflections, winter

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beyond light meeting dark on the water …

 

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rim trail by tom clausen

02 Friday Dec 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, autumn, close up details, gorges, haiku, hills and mountains, Ithaca, lakes and rivers, landscapes, nature, paths, poems and photos, trees

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on the trail again
walking deeper
into myself

 

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nesting by tom clausen

30 Wednesday Nov 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, Ithaca, leaves, nature, poems and photos, squirrels, trees

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squirrel work gathering leaves for a nest…

 

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life of leaves by tom clausen

29 Tuesday Nov 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, autumn, close up details, haiku, Haiku Way of Life, Ithaca, lakes and rivers, landscapes, leaves, nature, paths, poems and photos, trees, Wabi Sabi

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first one leaf
then another and another
and another…

 

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the-sound-of-leaves-upon-leaves

reservoir by tom clausen

29 Tuesday Nov 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, autumn, close up details, gorges, Ithaca, lakes and rivers, landscapes, leaves, nature, paths, poems and photos, trees, Wabi Sabi, water reflections, waterfalls

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this lot
in life
between
this world
and that

 

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geese one liner by tom clausen

29 Tuesday Nov 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, autumn, fields, haiku, Ithaca, landscapes, nature, poems and photos, trees, Wabi Sabi

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just enough geese for a  one liner

*

that one trying to get in  line

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on the way home
more geese
on the way home

 

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