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expectations by tom clausen

17 Wednesday Jun 2015

Posted by Tom Clausen in clouds, landscapes, nature, poems and photos, sunsets, trees

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art, beauty, evening, fields, haiku, light, meditation, nature, night, observance, photography, poetry, quiet, stillness, trees, witness, zen

one tree
one bird, one song
the dusk

being there all alone  without expectations...

being there
all alone without
expectations…

knot holes by tom clausen

16 Tuesday Jun 2015

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beauty, design, eyes, haiku, introspection, Ithaca, knot holes, knots, New York, patterns, photography, planks, poetry, texture, time, wabi sabi, weathered, weathering, wood, wood grain

my eye-
a knot hole
in the old barn

knot holes giving a peek into the old barn...

the children
peek
into the old barn…

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looking on line about another symptom the hypochondriac

looking on line
about another symptom
the hypochondriac

cattails by tom clausen

16 Tuesday Jun 2015

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evening, haiku, light, now, observation, photography, plants, poetry, ponds, stillness, water, witness, zen

childhood
lasting
a lifetime

evening calm... at attention the cattails

evening calm…
at attention
the cattails

veterans by tom clausen

16 Tuesday Jun 2015

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fields, haiku, light, Massachusetts, meditation, miles, nature, Northfield, nowhere, photography, poetry, resting, rust, stillness, sun, sunset, time, trucks, vehicles, wabi sabi, writing

enriched rust
in the late day sun
the stillness

how many times the light has come and gone...

how many times
the light has come
and gone…

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"I can see for miles and miles and miles..."

“I can see
for miles and miles
and miles…”

reverie by tom clausen

16 Tuesday Jun 2015

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forests, haiku, Haiku Circle, light, Massachusetts, nature, Northfield, photography, poetry, ponds, reflections, summer, trees, water, woods, writing

a full day
of talk…
the silence

late day sun this inner place on time again...

late day sun
this inner place
on time again…

plans by tom clausen

11 Thursday Jun 2015

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design, gardens, green, haiku, nature, patterns, photography, planting, poetry

the plant in the window
has gone everywhere
it can
without a plan I start off on a walk just to see...

without a plan
I start off on a walk
just to see…

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evening light by tom clausen

11 Thursday Jun 2015

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evening, haiku, Ithaca, lawns, light, pensive, photography, poetry, shadows, summer, waiting, watching

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one generation
pushes another
in a swing
evening light stretches across  the fresh cut lawn

evening light
stretches across
the fresh cut lawn

shasei by tom clausen

09 Tuesday Jun 2015

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evening, haiku, light, nature, now, photography, poetry, shadow, Shasei, silhouette, spring, stillness, summer, sunset, trees, walking, zen

twilight
  with my wife
    hydrangea blossoms
as it is nature as it is

as it is
nature
as it is

mail by tom clausen

09 Tuesday Jun 2015

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art, found art, haiku, mail, mailboxes, photography, pink, poetry, senryu, suburban, suburbia, summer

takes off
in the wind
his hand blown kiss
these years... waiting for the mail

these years…
waiting
for the mail

foggy by tom clausen

08 Monday Jun 2015

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art, details, docks, drops, fishing, fog, foggy, found art, Galilee, haiku, nails, ocean, photography, poetry, Point Judith, Rhode Island, seaside, wabi sabi

in the fog…
over time our wandering
apart

the fog at Galilee was near dripping

the fog
at Galilee
was near dripping

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