vanishing point – tom clausen

20 Thursday Aug 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, lakes and rivers, nature, parks, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, summer, tanka

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Cass Park, Cayuga Lake, down, far, giving up, lake, nature, photography, photos, place, poetry, point, summer, tanka, turmoil, vanishing

far down the lake
there is a point
of vanishing…
a place where I imagine
giving up my turmoil

snowflakes by tom clausen

13 Saturday Dec 2025

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, haiku, Ithaca, leaves, light, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, shadows, snow, winter

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far, haiku, leaf, light, news, photography, photos, poetry, shadow, snow, snowflakes, today, universe, winter

the news today…
how far it goes
the universe

stumped – tom clausen

04 Saturday May 2024

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, spring, trees, Wabi Sabi

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far, friends, gathering, heartwood, losing, nature, near, one by one, photography, photos, poetry, spent, strength, stumped, tanka, trees, years, youth

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

star struck by tom clausen

09 Saturday Dec 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, haiku, ice, Ithaca, lakes and rivers, light, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, snow, water reflections, winter

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far, haiku, ice, nature, near, photography, photos, poetry, snow, snowflakes, sparkle, star struck, stars, steps, sun, tiptoe, winter, winter light

tiptoe
neither near nor far
the stars