pathway – tom clausen

16 Sunday Aug 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, flowers, nature, paths, photos, plants, poems and photos, Published Poems, summer, tanka

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cicada, fall, flowers, heart, pathway, photography, photos, poetry, recording, rise, song, summer, sweet pea, tanka

the rise and fall
of the cicada’s song,
my own heart quietly
recording
what it can

pathway by tom clausen

19 Thursday Mar 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, clouds, haiku, Ithaca, landscapes, nature, parks, paths, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, snow, spring

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clouds, day, haiku, morning, nature, path, pathway, photography, photos, poetry, sky, snow, spring, steps, sun, way

morning sun-
the first steps I take
into the day

the way by tom clausen

05 Monday Sep 2016

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

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art, beauty, design, details, directions, dreams, found art, haiku, New York City, New York State, pathway, photography, poetry, relics, signs, summer, the way, time, timeless, wabi sabi, walking, witness, worn, zen

as if I didn’t know
an arrow from long ago
points the way…

whisper by tom clausen

26 Wednesday Aug 2015

Posted by Tom Clausen in poems and photos

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art, beauty, design, details, dreams, fragile, fragility, haiku, lace, leaves, pathway, photography, poetry, senryu, summer

quiet part…
out loud a little one asks
“when will it end?”

she commented it was "fragile as a whisper"

she commented
it was
“fragile as a whisper”

walden by tom clausen

06 Friday Mar 2015

Posted by Tom Clausen in poems and photos

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pathway, photography, poetry, summer, Thoreau, Walden Pond

stand of tall trees-
not sure what
I’m turning into

looking back at the mystic waters... Walden Pond

looking back
at the mystic waters…
Walden Pond