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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

through by tom clausen

20 Monday Apr 2015

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dam, flow, Ithaca, nature, photography, poetry, questions, reservoir, Six Mile Creek, spring, tanka, water

when its over
and the life we knew
is no more
what, if anything
will be worthy of a stone?

at the corner the brickwork of the dam

at the corner
the brickwork
of the dam

bottoms up by tom clausen

19 Sunday Apr 2015

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feeding, Finger Lakes, Ithaca, moments, nature, New York State, Ornithology, photography, poetry, ponds, Sapsucker Woods, spring

spring sun-
making a list
of what makes me happy
bottoms up a goose going under for feeding

bottoms up
a goose going under
for feeding

open book by tom clausen

19 Sunday Apr 2015

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art, dogs, found art, love, marriage, nature, pets, photography, poetry, ponds, puppies, reflections, spring, tanka, trees, walks, water

before the new puppy
my wife got ten chickens,
before them two parakeets, two cats,
our two children and long ago
just me…
an open book this day and everyday ready to explore

an open book
this day and everyday
ready to explore

dance by tom clausen

17 Friday Apr 2015

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art, design, nature, patterns, photography, poetry, shapes, silhouettes, spring, trees

taking off my clothes
my heart
closer…

 the trees behind the burned out watering hole

the trees
behind the burned out
watering hole

robin by tom clausen

16 Thursday Apr 2015

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nature, photography, poetry, robins, spring, tanka

every few bounces
the robin pauses on the lawn
to look and listen,
as if that were all
there was to do

ready robin bounces across the lawn

ready robin
bounces across
the lawn

abstraction by tom clausen

16 Thursday Apr 2015

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art, found art, nature, photography, poetry, reflections, spring, surfaces, surreal, tanka, water

far from home
in the car
my wife mentions in passing
the name of someone
we don’t see anymore

water colors wavering in the breeze of reflection...

water colors
wavering in the breeze
of reflection…

spiral by tom clausen

16 Thursday Apr 2015

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design, fossils, found art, keys, nature, photography, poetry, spirals, stones, tanka

between chores
I study my hands
as if they might hold
something
I should know

a fossil spiral galaxy in stone

a fossil
spiral galaxy
in stone

swiftly by tom clausen

14 Tuesday Apr 2015

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beauty, fast water, forests, natural art, nature, photography, poetry, spring, streams, surreal, swift current, woodland streams, woods

daybreak-
the rubber duck alone
in the empty tub

bending blue in the swift water under a log

bending blue
in the swift water
under a log

sparkling by tom clausen

13 Monday Apr 2015

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Finger Lakes, Ithaca, nature, photography, poetry, reservoir, Six Mile Creek, sparkling, sun, water

  trying to figure
how to spend it…
  a little free time
in the gorge the sparkling sun and shadowed side

in the gorge
the sparkling sun
and shadowed side

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