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mother mallard by tom clausen

23 Tuesday Jun 2015

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ducks, family, haiku, mallards, mother, nature, observance, photography, poetry, sitting, summer, sun, witness, zen

daybreak-
the rubber duck alone
in the empty tub

mother with her young ones  all lined up...

mother
with her young ones
all lined up…

bathing robin by tom clausen

22 Monday Jun 2015

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beauty, haiku, nature, observation, Ornithology, photography, poetry, puddles, robins, walking, witness

on the bench
a young couple carries on
as if I’m not there

bathing in the puddle a robin

bathing
in the puddle
a robin

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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…

bark by tom clause

19 Friday Jun 2015

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art, found art, haiku, nature, photography, photos, poems, poetry, summer, trees

Class in the forest
they all look up
to the trees

cross work of bark near the base of the trunk

cross work
of bark near the base
of the trunk

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canoe by tom clausen

17 Wednesday Jun 2015

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haiku, Haiku Circle, light, Massachusetts, morning, nature, now, photography, poetry, ponds, reflection, stillness, summer, water

daybreak-
the spider centered
in its web

canoe filled with rain and sky...

canoe
filled with rain
and sky…

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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…

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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narrative by tom clausen

11 Thursday Jun 2015

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golden, light, nature, observation, peace, photography, poetry, serenity, silhouette, sky, stillness, summer, sun, sunset, tanka, trees, witness, writing

once again
the narrative
on the news
made no mention
of serenity…

I've lost count of the number of sunsets I've watched...

I’ve lost count
of the number of sunsets
I’ve watched…

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