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housekeeping by tom clausen

04 Tuesday Aug 2015

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beauty, Finger Lakes, forest floor, forests, Ithaca, leaves, moss, mushrooms, nature, nature preserve, New York, poetry, Ringwood Swamp, still life, summer, tanka, woods

if we looked together
at this little vignette
and said nothing at all
might it bring us closer
and give us peace of mind?

woods floor the housekeeping  of it all

forest floor
the housekeeping
of it all

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

the rain
keeps falling
on itself

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milkweed by tom clausen

21 Sunday Jun 2015

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development, Finger Lakes, flowers, green, Ithaca, leaves, milkweed, nature, New York, phases, photography, plants, poetry, stages, summer, tanka, weeds

could be I’m tired
or lost, but to close my eyes
and nod off
while the world goes on
gives me a certain peace

milkweed on one plant from bud to bloom...

milkweed
on one plant
from bud to bloom…

hosta by tom clausen

19 Friday Jun 2015

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beauty, design, details, gardens, green, haiku, hosta, leaves, patterns, photography, Plantations, plantings, plants, poetry, summer, witness

hunting four leaf clovers
students discuss
their childhoods

hosta- I linger in the moment before moving on...

hosta-
I linger in the moment
before moving on…

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lichen by tom clausen

02 Tuesday Jun 2015

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leaves, lichen, Narragansett, nature, photography, poetry, Rhode Island, Scarborough Beach, spring

foundation  of the old barn home for lichen

foundation
of the old barn
home for lichen

wearing thin by tom clausen

04 Monday May 2015

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art, found art, haiku, leaves, photography, poetry, spring, wabi sabi, wearing thin

high up
against a big cloud
specks of birds
a long winter gone by and still here

a long winter
gone by
and still here

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 …

leaf by tom clausen

23 Thursday Apr 2015

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D.C., greenhouses, greetings, hiding, humor, leaf, leaves, photography, poetry, summer, tanka, Washington

so intent with feeling
that her warm greeting
to someone just beyond me
gave me a moment so sure
she was greeting me

the child hiding under the leaf giggling

the child
hiding under the leaf
giggling

light by tom clausen

20 Monday Apr 2015

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leaf, leaves, light, love, marriage, nature, photography, poetry, questions, reality, seeking, spring, tanka, troubles, writing

if I gave up
myself
and did everything you want
how much happier
we could be…

one leaf filled with light on the hill side

one leaf
filled with light
on the hill side

back water by tom clausen

13 Monday Apr 2015

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Finger Lakes, Ithaca, leaves, nature, photography, poetry, puddles, reflections, Six Mile Creek, spring, tanka, water

so many chances
in a day
to say something to you,
but here it is
growing late
spring back water bringing back autumn colors

spring back water
bringing back
autumn colors

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