through
the surveyor’s sight line
she passes
saving it
for a rainy day
calling
roots by tom clausen
24 Friday Apr 2015
Posted in poems and photos
Tag Archives: poetry
theater by tom clausen
24 Friday Apr 2015
Posted in poems and photos
snow blossoms by tom clausen
24 Friday Apr 2015
Posted in poems and photos
Tags
flower beds, flowers, love, messages, nature, photography, poetry, snow, spring, weather
the fleeting
circumstance
of late spring
delivering snow
blossoms
late spring snow
on the blossoms
already out…
peeling by tom clausen
24 Friday Apr 2015
Posted in poems and photos
Tags
art, found art, High Voltage, paint, peeling paint, photography, poetry, rust, wabi sabi, wearing, weathering, worn
at this time
a little dust, some dirt
and peeling paint…
welcome guests
in the living room
peeling paint
at the High Voltage Lab
back door
leaf by tom clausen
23 Thursday Apr 2015
Posted in poems and photos
Tags
D.C., greenhouses, greetings, hiding, humor, leaf, leaves, photography, poetry, summer, tanka, Washington
so intent with feeling
that her warm greeting
to someone just beyond me
gave me a moment so sure
she was greeting me
the child
hiding under the leaf
giggling
river of gold by tom clausen
23 Thursday Apr 2015
Posted in poems and photos
Tags
Fall Creek, Flat Rocks, Ithaca, philosophy, photography, Plantations, poetry, rivers, spring, streams, sun, tanka, writing
my youth spent
gathering strength and solace
of friends near and far–
these short years later
losing them one by one
river of gold
flowing with and toward
the sun
jay by tom clausen
23 Thursday Apr 2015
Posted in birds, nature, poems and photos
Tags
feathers, feeders, flight, flying, nature, observance, photography, poetry, spring, witness
the feeder-
the gift of flight visits
one by one
blue jay…
my day spent without
any scolding
letting go by tom clausen
23 Thursday Apr 2015
Posted in poems and photos
Tags
distance, haiku, infinity, letting go, multitudes, nature, philosophy, photography, poetry, reality, sky, spring, thought, time, trees, willows, writing
willow sky…
how much there is
to let go
to look up
and see so far
beyond us…
cascade by tom clausen
22 Wednesday Apr 2015
Posted in poems and photos
Tags
earth day, Falls, introspection, Ithaca, nature, past, perspective, photography, poetry, present, sedimentary, Six Mile Creek, spring, tanka, trees, water, water falls, witness, writing
the wind in the trees
reminds me
that what once was
so important
just passes by
layer
by layer
the water falls
light by tom clausen
22 Wednesday Apr 2015
Posted in poems and photos
Tags
imagination, inspiration, introspection, light, nature, photography, poetry, spring, trees
outside
in the dark
I let my imagination go
light
giving us rest
from the spinning world
tom clausen 