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back yard by tom clausen

15 Friday May 2015

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Finger Lakes, haiku, Ithaca, New York State, overcast, photography, poetry, spring, trees, writing

early morning fog-
in the cereal bowl
the spoon clinks

back yard the overcast contrasts nicely with  the colors

back yard
the overcast contrasts nicely
with the colors

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creation by tom clausen

06 Wednesday May 2015

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Finger Lakes, Ithaca, New York State, photography, poetry, quiet, spring, stones, sycamores, Taughannock Park, trees

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each and every
direction
the creations
of the universe

cloud gallery by tom clausen

03 Sunday May 2015

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art, beauty, design, details, dreams, Finger Lakes, formations, found art, haiku, Ithaca, light, May, nature, New York, overhead, photography, poetry, seasons, sky, spring, striations, summer, time, walking, whimsy, witness, zen

May day-
a dandelion in a pot
at the nursery
over my head these feelings and clouds

over my head
these feelings
and clouds

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buttermilk by tom clausen

30 Thursday Apr 2015

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Finger Lakes, geology, Ithaca, nature, New York State, photography, poetry, potholes, rock art, shapes, time, walking, water, waterfalls, wearing

on the surface
   riding downstream
     some of the twilight
the churning  of white water Buttermilk Falls

the churning
of white water
Buttermilk Falls

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sailing by tom clausen

30 Thursday Apr 2015

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Finger Lakes, haiku, Ithaca, lakes, photography, poetry, sailboats, sailing, seasons, spring, Stewart Park, water

new day
sailboats lean
into the wind

sailing class lining up in the wind and sun

sailing class
lining up in the wind
and sun

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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

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 …

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…

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

taughannock by tom clausen

28 Tuesday Apr 2015

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Finger Lakes, haiku, Ithaca, light, New York State, photography, poetry, spray, spring, sun, Taughannock Falls, Trumansburg, waterfalls

attic cleanup…
placing some stones
back outside
Taughannock Falls just the lip of a 215 foot drop....

Taughannock Falls
just the lip of a 215 foot
drop….

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