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ghost town by tom clausen

16 Monday Dec 2019

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abandoned, ghost towns, great plains, natural aesthetics, natural art, nature, photography, photos, south dakota, summer, wabi sabi

Posted by Tom Clausen | Filed under abandoned buildings, americana, fields, landscapes, nature, Wabi Sabi

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across the plains by tom clausen

21 Wednesday Sep 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, Old Vehicles, poems and photos, roads, rust, summer, Wabi Sabi

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art, beauty, design, details, Detroit, dreams, found art, great plains, haiku, iron, junk yards, metal, nash, nature, North Dakota, photography, poetry, reflections, relics, summer, time, used cars, vintage, wabi sabi, weathered, witness, worn, zen

 

under big sky
from one water tower
to the next…

 

minot-car-yard
minot-old-cars
rusted-beauty

carter south dakota by tom clausen

20 Saturday Aug 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in landscapes, poems and photos, Wabi Sabi

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art, beauty, design, details, dreams, found art, ghost towns, great plains, haiku, light, nature, old, photography, poetry, reflections, sky, south dakota, summer, sun, time, wabi sabi, west, witness

in and out
of the abandoned building
ghosts

 

West trip 1987- Carter, S.D. ( near Winner)
West trip 1987- ghost town-Carter, S. Dakota
West trip 1987- Home Hotel closed 1962

great plains by tom clausen

20 Saturday Aug 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in clouds, landscapes, poems and photos, roads, trains

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art, beauty, Devils Post Pile, fields, found art, great plains, haiku, light, nature, openness, photography, poetry, Soo Line, summer, wheat, witness

reading into it
as much as i can
my life

 

Clouds-Soo Line caboose-N.Dakota
Clouds-Kansas-summer 1987
Clouds-Devil's Tower, South Dakota, 1987
Clouds-Custer battlefield- Montana-summer 1987
Clouds-Colorado-log truck cooling off-9,000 ft.
Clouds-Burlington Northern caboose-N. Dakota

badlands by tom clausen

19 Friday Aug 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, landscapes, poems and photos, roads

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art, beauty, emptiness, great plains, light, nature, openness, photography, poetry, roads, sky, south dakota, space, summer, tanka

so many things
to have opinions on
yet as I drive along
I don’t arrive
at any of them

 

Badlands road to the horizon
a road going on and on...
South Dakota road

murdo south dakota by tom clausen

19 Friday Aug 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, Old Vehicles, poems and photos, Wabi Sabi

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art, beauty, design, details, Ford, found art, great plains, haiku, photography, poetry, south dakota, summer, time, vehicles, vintage, witness

long wait alone
in the parking lot…
a dog in the next car

 

Ford out on the Pains
50 Ford Woody back side
Murdo South Dakota
Ford hood details
Chevy ready to roll
50 Ford station wagon- Murdo S.D.
old cars Murdo, SD

siding by tom clausen

05 Tuesday May 2015

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freight cars, Gavin Yard, great plains, haiku, Minot, North Dakota, Northern Pacific, photography, poetry, railroads, sidings, summer, trains, wind

crickets…
my eyes closed
to the day

a warm breeze through the grasses by the siding...

a warm breeze
through the grasses
by the siding…

wyoming by tom clausen

02 Thursday Apr 2015

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art, beauty, design, details, dreams, found art, great plains, light, nature, open road, photography, poetry, roads, sky, space, summer, time, wabi sabi, witness, Wyoming, zen

illuminated clouds-
a store for sale
way out here

on the road far enough away to breathe easy...

on the road
far enough away
to breathe easy…

level land by tom clausen

19 Thursday Mar 2015

Posted by Tom Clausen in abandoned buildings, americana, landscapes, Old Vehicles, poems and photos

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ghost towns, great plains, old cars, photography, poetry, south dakota, summer, tanka, wabi sabi

 

to show me
the spirit of a train
I wish for one to come-
these overgrown tracks
I walk along

once upon a time  the town thrived out there... on the plains

once upon a time
the town thrived out there…
on the plains

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