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chute by tom clausen

12 Sunday Apr 2015

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creeks, fields, forests, nature, New York State, photography, poetry, rapids, rivers, sky, spring, streams, Susquehanna

end of the trail
the world
without humans
carrying a blur of blue sky , the stream enters a chute

carrying a blur
of blue sky , the stream
enters a chute

holding on by tom clausen

07 Tuesday Apr 2015

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edges, Ithaca, ledges, New York State, photography, poetry, rocks, roots, Six Mile Creek, strength, trees

at the cliff edge
my whole life
behind me
on a ledge holding on year after year

on a ledge
holding on
year after year

watershed by tom clausen

04 Saturday Apr 2015

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Falls, Finger Lakes, floods, high water, Ithaca, Ithaca Falls, nature, New York State, photography, poetry, snowmelt, spring, waterfalls

all the time
ending and beginning
   the universe
Ithaca Falls in full fury of falling snow melt

Ithaca Falls
in full fury of falling
snow melt

water color by tom clausen

01 Wednesday Apr 2015

Posted by Tom Clausen in abandoned buildings, americana, barns, close up details, poems and photos, Wabi Sabi, water reflections

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art, beauty, design, details, dreams, Finger Lakes, found art, haiku, Ithaca, light, nature, New York, New York State, photography, poetry, puddles, reflections, sheds, sky, spring, sun, tanka, time, walking, water, water colors, witness, writing, zen

wind outside the mall
and as I wait
with my eyes closed
a killdeer calls
from another life

pausing... in the puddle the pig barn

pausing…
in the puddle
the pig barn

seneca lake by tom clausen

31 Tuesday Mar 2015

Posted by Tom Clausen in autumn, landscapes, nature, poems and photos, Wabi Sabi

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art, beauty, design, dreams, fall, Finger Lakes, found art, lakes, light, nature, New York, New York State, photography, poetry, Seneca Lake, shore, shore line, sky, sun, tanka, time, trees, upstate New York, water, waters, witness, woods

bowed to the ground
the golden-rods
too tall of themselves-
I couldn’t tell her why
the sky is blue
the clarity of being here now as witness

the clarity
of being here now
as witness

steamroller by tom clausen

30 Monday Mar 2015

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art, Finger Lakes, New York State, old equipment, photographer, poetry, roads, rust, steamroller, wabi sabi

the clouds
calligraphy
reads…
steamroller at rest on the roadside rusting away..

steamroller
at rest on the roadside
rusting away..

side door by tom clausen

30 Monday Mar 2015

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doors, Finger Lakes, New York State, Ovid, photography, poetry, reflections, Seneca Lake, weathered wood, weathering

droning plane fades out…
how little difference it makes
what age I am
the roof caved in but the door closed and locked...

the roof
caved in
but the door closed and locked…

sill by tom clausen

30 Monday Mar 2015

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art, fastners, Geneva, New York State, photography, poetry, wabi sabi, weathered wood, weathering, window sills, windows

the habit of looking
where it used to be
– the mirror
weathered window sill ... the window gone and the house abandoned

weathered window sill …
the window gone and the house abandoned

route 88 by tom clausen

17 Tuesday Mar 2015

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New York State, old house, photography, poetry, route 7, route 88, Schenevus, stone work, wabi sabi, Worcester

the stone walls still holding up some roof and letting light in too...

the stone walls
still holding up some roof
and letting light in too…

snagged by tom clausen

18 Wednesday Feb 2015

Posted by Tom Clausen in close up details, poems and photos, Wabi Sabi, winter

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art, beauty, design, details, Finger Lakes, found art, gloves, Ithaca, lost and found, nature, New York, New York State, photography, poetry, sky, snow, tanka, time, wabi sabi, walking, winter, witness, zen

my youth spent
gathering strength and solace
of friends near and far-
these short years later
losing them one by one

in the world of lost and found always waiting...

in the world
of lost and found
always waiting…

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