droplet series by tom clausen

09 Thursday Jul 2015

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art, Finger Lakes, fleetingness, found art, fragility, haiku, Ithaca, leaves, light, magnification, nature, New York, now, paths, photography, poetry, rain, Six Mile Creek, summer, temporal, trails, zen

another fallen leaf
magnifying my sense
being here now

the rain
keeps falling
on itself

chipmunk gaze by tom clausen

08 Wednesday Jul 2015

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haiku, Ithaca, nature, New York, photography, poetry, summer, walking, witness

left and right
he follows the way
of his kicked stone

so thoughtful
a look
before scampering away

good life by tom clausen

08 Wednesday Jul 2015

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art, beauty, design, family, farms, fields, Finger Lakes, friends, haiku, life, photography, poetry, rural, summer

day break-
the spider centered
in its web

the cows
all headed off
to other pastures…

burned out by tom clausen

07 Tuesday Jul 2015

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damage, destruction, dolls, fire, fires, haiku, homes, kitchen, kitchens, loss, photography, poetry, sorrow, stoves, tragedy, trailers

the way

rain takes

the mountain

burned out
certain remnants
accentuate sorrow

arms outstretched
left with everything else
a doll

shade by tom clausen

07 Tuesday Jul 2015

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fields, Finger Lakes, haiku, Ithaca, light, nature, New York, now, photography, poetry, shade, space, summer, trees, zen

garden walk-

she checks herself

in the pond

alone
in the field
a tree with its shade

presence by tom clausen

05 Sunday Jul 2015

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flowers, haiku, koans, Laboratory of Ornithology, lily pads, nature, now, observing, photography, poetry, ponds, Sapsucker Woods, senryu, summer, zen

wanting my old life
when I wanted
my present life

the work
in this life
is never over…

look by tom clausen

05 Sunday Jul 2015

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Finger Lakes, focus, haiku, Ithaca, llamas, looking, nature, New York, pastures, photography, poetry, summer, watching, witness

out to pasture
grazing and watching
what goes by…

from Peru
to upstate New York
a llama’s look

prowling by tom clausen

01 Wednesday Jul 2015

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haiku, hunting, lawns, nature, observing, photography, poetry, prowling, senryu, summer, walking, yards

to the cat:
“that’s complete and
utter nonsense”

on the prowl
at the perimeter
the house cat…

turquoise by tom clausen

01 Wednesday Jul 2015

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elevation, glaciers, haiku, hiking, lakes, mountains, nature, Peru, photography, poetry, South America, tourist, treks, turquoise, waters

the hypnotist
describes her technique
sound of the stream

standing there…
the water a dream
supreme

unburdened by tom clausen

30 Tuesday Jun 2015

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ecstasy, haiku, happiness, hiking, horses, Machu Picchu, mountains, pack horses, Peru, photography, poetry, relief, rolling, Salkantay, treks, unburdened

mountaintop:
giving back
each breath

unburdened
after a long day
the pack horse

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droplet series by tom clausen

chipmunk gaze by tom clausen

good life by tom clausen

burned out by tom clausen

shade by tom clausen

presence by tom clausen

look by tom clausen

prowling by tom clausen

turquoise by tom clausen

unburdened by tom clausen