surfacing – tom clausen

23 Sunday Jun 2024

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, Cornell, haiku, Ithaca, light, nature, photos, poems and photos, ponds, summer, turtles

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mossy scutes
bearing witness
to a long life

leaps – tom clausen

10 Friday May 2024

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, frogs, haiku, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, puddles, spring

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frog pond
so many leaps
of faith

primordial soup by tom clausen

28 Thursday Mar 2024

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, haiku, nature, photos, poems and photos, ponds, Published Poems, puddles, spring, water reflections

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all the time
ending and beginning
the universe

deeper blue by tom clausen

08 Thursday Feb 2024

Posted by Tom Clausen in A Work of Love, americana, close up details, Ithaca, nature, parks, photos, poems and photos, reflections, sun, water reflections, winter

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a deeper blue
of the sky
reflected in the water
this silent need
to be alone

new pond by tom clausen

09 Thursday Jul 2015

Posted by Tom Clausen in poems and photos

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the new pond-
a frog already in
sits silently

The old pond- a frog jumps in, sound of water. - Basho

The old pond-
a frog jumps in,
sound of water.
– Basho