over the dam- tom clausen

31 Friday Jul 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, gorges, haiku, Ithaca, lakes and rivers, nature, photos, poems and photos, raindrops, summer, waterfalls

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two days rain…
the drops keep going
over the dam

water over the dam by tom clausen

10 Sunday Dec 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, gorges, Ithaca, lakes and rivers, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, tanka, waterfalls

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

looking down by tom clausen

02 Saturday Nov 2019

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Posted by Tom Clausen | Filed under autumn, gorges, lakes and rivers, landscapes, nature, photos, waterfalls

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water over the dam by tom clausen

10 Friday Jul 2015

Posted by Tom Clausen in poems and photos

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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

through by tom clausen

20 Monday Apr 2015

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when its over
and the life we knew
is no more
what, if anything
will be worthy of a stone?

at the corner the brickwork of the dam

at the corner
the brickwork
of the dam