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the circle game by tom clausen

29 Tuesday Sep 2015

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art, beauty, creeks, design, details, dreams, haiku, insects, Ithaca, New York State, photography, poetry, Six Mile Creek, streams, surfaces, water, whirligigs

whirligig swirls
this life of circles
upon circles…

"the circle game"

“the circle game”

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potter’s falls by tom clausen

07 Monday Sep 2015

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art, creeks, design, details, erosion, Falls, Finger Lakes, flowing, haiku, Ithaca, late summer, nature, New York State, peace, photography, poetry, pot holes, Potter's Falls, shale, Six Mile Creek, solitude, summer, swimming, water, wearing

Potter's Falls as the summer begins to end

Potter’s Falls
as the summer
begins to end

our turn to stand here falls overlook

our turn
to stand here
falls overlook

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seeking solitude a flat rock mid stream in a pool below the falls

seeking solitude
a flat rock mid stream
in a pool below the falls

 

ithaca falls in august by tom clausen

29 Saturday Aug 2015

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art, beauty, creeks, design, details, dreams, Fall Creek, Falls, Finger Lakes, Ithaca, New York State, stream, summer, water, waterfalls

after a full day
of talk…
sound of the falls

late August the flow of Fall Creek over the falls...

late August
the flow of Fall Creek
over the falls…

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mental reflection by tom clausen

20 Thursday Aug 2015

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creeks, downtown, Finger Lakes, Ithaca, light, Mental Health, New York State, observance, perspective, photography, poetry, reflections, seeing, seneyu, shale, silence, Six Mile Creek, stillwater, summer, Tompkins County, witness, zen

before the last step down
to the living room
her rebuke

the reflection of the mental health building

the reflection
of the mental health building

cascadilla gorge by tom clausen

20 Thursday Aug 2015

Posted by Tom Clausen in gorges, haiku, landscapes, nature, paths, poems and photos, summer, waterfalls

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creeks, Falls, Finger Lakes, haiku, nature, photography, poetry, streams, summer, walking

our turn
to stand here
gorge path

the gorge closest to downtown Ithaca Cascadilla

the gorge
closest to downtown Ithaca
Cascadilla

water over the dam by tom clausen

10 Friday Jul 2015

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creeks, dam, Finger Lakes, haiku, Ithaca, New York State, photography, poetry, reservoir, Six Mile Creek, water waterfalls, whitewater

at the cliff edge
my whole life
behind me
clean bill of health water over the dam

clean bill of health
water
over the dam

balancing act by tom clausen

09 Thursday Jul 2015

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art, creeks, found art, Ithaca, New York, photography, poetry, rivers, Six Mile Creek, stone work, stones, streams, summer, tanka, towers, trails, walking, witness

wanting my old life
when I wanted
my present life
stirring the soup she made
as a cold rain falls outside

mid-stream the stones are in a balancing act

mid-stream
the stones are in
a balancing act

flowing by tom clausen

25 Thursday Jun 2015

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art, beauty, creeks, design, haiku, hydro power, Ithaca, mills, olden days, past, photography, poetry, Six Mile Creek, summer

the hypnotist
describes her technique
sound of the stream

Van Natta's dam water flowing by  the old hydro plant...

Van Natta’s dam
water flowing by
the old hydro plant…

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still standing by tom clausen

08 Monday Jun 2015

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beauty, creeks, farms, fields, Lisle, nature, New York State, photography, poetry, rivers, streams, tanka, time, wabi sabi

the script
of days and nights
listening to the creek
rise and fall
into silence…

at the edge of the creek holding on...

at the edge
of the creek
holding on…

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chute by tom clausen

12 Sunday Apr 2015

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creeks, fields, forests, nature, New York State, photography, poetry, rapids, rivers, sky, spring, streams, Susquehanna

end of the trail
the world
without humans
carrying a blur of blue sky , the stream enters a chute

carrying a blur
of blue sky , the stream
enters a chute

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