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magnolia two by tom clausen

30 Thursday Apr 2015

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flowers, haiku, Ithaca, light, longing, magnolia, nature, petals, photography, poetry, seasons, spring, trees

between poems
the wind
in the microphone
sugar magnolia... the star of blossom on the street

sugar magnolia…
the star of blossom
on the street

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play of sun by tom clausen

30 Thursday Apr 2015

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daydreams, haiku, light, photography, poetry, reflections, ripples, seasons, shadows, spring, stone bridge, sun, tanka, underside

after the river boat… the river

daydream play of sun off the water on the underside of the old stone bridge

daydream
play of sun
off the water
on the underside
of the old stone bridge

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morning by tom clausen

29 Wednesday Apr 2015

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days, haiku, home, morning, now, photography, poetry, roads, spring, time

just a shiver
of not being here
– the stars
out front the view looking east as day begins

out front
the view looking east
as day begins

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blush by tom clausen

29 Wednesday Apr 2015

Posted by Tom Clausen in landscapes, nature, poems and photos, spring, trees

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Finger Lakes, haiku, Ithaca, nature, photography, poetry, red, seasons, spring, Taughannock Falls State Park, trees

spring planting
petals scattered over
turned earth
a blush of red spring buds

a blush
of red
spring buds

conk-la-ree! by tom clausen

29 Wednesday Apr 2015

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haiku, Ithaca, marshes, nature, photography, poetry, ponds, red-winged blackbirds, song, spring, wetlands

sitting in the sun
not even trying
to figure anything out
in mid call a red-winged blackbird in the cattails

in mid call
a red-winged blackbird
in the cattails

trillium by tom clausen

29 Wednesday Apr 2015

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Finger Lakes, flowers, forest floor, haiku, leaves, photography, poetry, spring, Taughannock Falls State Park, trillium, woods

here I am
in the same place again
trillium
trillium getting ready to emerge

trillium
getting ready
to emerge

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and ready to receive …

Curve Appeal II by ErinBabnik

28 Tuesday Apr 2015

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sharing along a photo that like many , caught my eye!

vertical by tom clausen

28 Tuesday Apr 2015

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edge, Finger Lakes, geology, haiku, layers, nature, New York State, photography, poetry, rock outcrop, sedimentary, shale, strata, structure, Taughannock Park, time

here I am
in the same place again
trillium
a column of time waiting to fall...

a column
of time waiting
to fall…

blue grain by tom clausen

28 Tuesday Apr 2015

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art, currents, found art, haiku, lumber, photography, poetry, seeing, sky, wear, weather

the lumber yard
surrounded
by forest
some old blue faded and worn with the grain

some old blue
faded and worn
with the grain

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cayuga by tom clausen

28 Tuesday Apr 2015

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Finger Lakes, haiku, Ithaca, New York State, North Point, photography, poetry, shadows, spring, Taughannock Park, trees

takes off
in the wind
his hand blown kiss
Cayuga's waters from the North Point at Taughannock

Cayuga’s waters
from the North Point
at Taughannock

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