as I walk by
the neighbor’s old place
a chipmunk poses
on the foundation
of their garage…
we both hold still
staring at each other
absorbed by it all…
chipmunk by tom clausen
11 Thursday Jun 2015
Posted in poems and photos
Tag Archives: nature
yin yang by tom clausen
10 Wednesday Jun 2015
Posted in poems and photos
tide line by tom clausen
09 Tuesday Jun 2015
Posted in landscapes, nature, ocean imagery, poems and photos, sunsets
Tags
light, Naragannsett, nature, ocean, Rhode Island, Roger Wheeler State Beach, sea, seas, shore birds, shoreline, shores, sunset, surf, tide, waters, waves
ebb of the day
washing back and forth
on the beach
each being
on the threshold
of a dream…
shasei by tom clausen
09 Tuesday Jun 2015
Posted in poems and photos
horseshoe crab by tom clausen
08 Monday Jun 2015
Posted in poems and photos
Tags
beauty, find, form, horseshoe crabs, lighthouse, Narragansett, nature, ocean, photography, poetry, Point Judith, Rhode Island, sea life, shores, tanka
as a peace offering
I carry the ancient crab
and set it down
next to my daughter
without a word…
on the rocks
intact …
but lifeless
still standing by tom clausen
08 Monday Jun 2015
Posted in poems and photos
upside down by tom clausen
06 Saturday Jun 2015
Posted in close up details, Ithaca, leaves, nature, poems and photos, squirrels, summer, trees
galilee by tom clausen
05 Friday Jun 2015
Posted in poems and photos
Tags
docks, fishing, fog, Galilee, haiku, light, nature, photography, poetry, Point Judith, port, rain, Rhode Island, seaside
by the ocean
again filled
with emptiness
the thick fog
at Galilee
near dripping
still life trio by tom clausen
05 Friday Jun 2015
Posted in poems and photos
Tags
Narragansett, nature, ocean, photography, poetry, Rhode Island, sand, Scarborough State Beach, seas, surf, tanka, tide
ambivalence
I believe is what
I’ve come to, sitting here
watching wave after wave
land itself
all across the beach
the stranded still life’s
of the day…
beach sand by tom clausen
04 Thursday Jun 2015
Posted in nature, ocean imagery, poems and photos
Tags
Narragansett, nature, ocean, photography, poetry, Rhode Island, sand, Scarborough State Beach, seas, tanka, time, writing
each corner rounded off
in the back and forth
along the tide line…
maybe our pettiness
will ebb away too
beach sand
the element of time
ground down
tom clausen 