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mystic waters by tom clausen

10 Friday Apr 2015

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art, found art, imagery, nature, photography, poetry, puddles, rain, reflections, spring, tanka, trees

seeing her by chance
I once had a dream about her
years ago–
over time it has taken on
a substance of its own
with some remove and the right angle reflections  to savor

with some remove
and the right angle
reflections to savor

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puddle by tom clausen

09 Thursday Apr 2015

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art, dreams, nature, photography, poetry, puddles, reflections, seeing, spring, surfaces, tanka, trees, vision

she’s not here
to see it
but after breaking the stick
I perfectly fit the broken ends
back together again

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the geese go where
they must go
no mind-
the spring rain drops
bouncing off me
a small puddle holding a large tree top

a small puddle
holding
a large tree top

occupied by tom clausen

08 Wednesday Apr 2015

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art, found art, nature, photography, poetry, puddles, reflections, roads, streets, trees

on the way home
more geese
on the way home

wherever you may be may there be beauties about you

wherever
you may be
may there be beauties
about you

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

chain link by tom clausen

28 Saturday Mar 2015

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art, fences, light, photography, poetry, puddles, reflections, spring, surreal, tanka, water

how lovely
to do nothing at all
as these wind gusts
billow her blouse
open

chain link fence ripples in reflection on a puddle

chain link fence
ripples in reflection
on a puddle

puddles by tom clausen

26 Thursday Mar 2015

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photography, poetry, puddles, rain, spring, street festival, summer

kids
in a tree
I once climbed

 

irresistible the pull of a puddle  for a child

irresistible
the pull of a puddle
for a child

fractured by tom clausen

23 Monday Mar 2015

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photography, poetry, puddles, rain, rain drops, reflections, spring, tanka, trees

 

at the old parking lot
the sparrows bathe
in a big puddle
sometimes I’m so happy
just to be here as witness

breaking the reflection stillness  rain drops

breaking
the reflection stillness
rain drops

ripples by tom clausen

18 Wednesday Mar 2015

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art, light, photography, poetry, puddles, reflections, ripples, sheen, streams, surfaces, water, wind

wind ripples the puddle filled with sky

wind ripples
the puddle filled
with sky

 

the reflection on the surface streaming

the reflection
on the surface
streaming

 

so many ways the light dances on the water...

so many ways
the light dances
on the water…

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blue hues spreading across the shallows...

blue hues
spreading across
the shallows…

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a tree reaches into the puddle's depth

a tree reaches
into the puddle’s
depth

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abstract puddle by tom clausen

15 Sunday Mar 2015

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art, nature, photography, poetry, puddles, reflections, spring, tanka, trees, water

wondering if this is what
my parents felt,
in their own time
seeing a better past slip
ever further behind

 

the water in the tree, the water in me...

the water
in the tree, the water
in me…

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