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at rest by tom clausen

19 Saturday Oct 2019

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, autumn, close up details, haiku, Ithaca, poems and photos, rust, trains, Wabi Sabi

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rust rivulets
at rest
the train wheel

 

train wheel at rest with rust rivulets

dress rehearsal by tom clausen

19 Saturday Oct 2019

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, autumn, close up details, haiku, Ithaca, leaves, nature, paths, poems and photos, trees

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dress rehearsal-
i get up
out of bed

 

Stewart Park path through the woods along Fall Creek. 10-13-17

quilt for mother by tom clausen

19 Saturday Oct 2019

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, autumn, close up details, haiku, leaves, nature, poems and photos, sun

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fallen leaves…
a fresh quilt
for mother

 

side yard early morning sun on leaves 10-16-16..

beyond me by tom clausen

18 Friday Oct 2019

Posted by Tom Clausen in cats, haiku, Heron's Nest, nature, poems and photos, Published Poems, senryu, Tom poems at other sites

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heron’s nest   september 2019

my cat
looks so many places
beyond me

falling apart by tom clausen

18 Friday Oct 2019

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, cats, Gusts, mailboxes, nature, poems and photos, Published Poems, tanka, Tom poems at other sites

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gusts  no. 30

 

the world
may be falling
apart
yet my skittish cat
settles on my lap

I’m not even looking
for anything
second time out
to the empty
mailbox

sparrows can fly by tom clausen

18 Friday Oct 2019

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, birds, Frogpond, haiku, nature, poems and photos, Published Poems, Tom poems at other sites

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frogpond  v.42:3 fall 2019

how short
a distance
the sparrow can fly

so many paths by tom clausen

18 Friday Oct 2019

Posted by Tom Clausen in Akitsu Quarterly, haiku, moon, nature, paths, plants, poems and photos, Published Poems, Tom poems at other sites

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akitsu quarterly summer 2019

her plant
only a little
water

crescent moon-
more talk
of our marriage

birch bark
flaps in the wind…
poem after poem

the light
showing so many paths
through the woods

reservoir dreams by tom clausen

10 Wednesday Apr 2019

Posted by Tom Clausen in clouds, gorges, haiku, Ithaca, nature, poems and photos, reflections, spring, trees, water reflections

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reservoir dream…
finding a way out
of the deep end

a look at clouds and sky at rest in the still water at the 2nd dam reservoir today 3-25-18

names and numbers in the wind by tom clausen

10 Wednesday Apr 2019

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, haiku, Ithaca, poems and photos, spring, Wabi Sabi

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in the wind
pages flip
with their names and numbers…

a phone book pages flipping in the wind...4-9-14

turtle lives by tom clausen

19 Tuesday Jun 2018

Posted by Tom Clausen in close up details, haiku, nature, parks, poems and photos, ponds, reflections, spring, turtles, water reflections

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old snapper
the time it takes
to surface again

 

 

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