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heart walk by tom clausen

24 Sunday Nov 2019

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natural aesthetics, natural art, photography, photos, railroads, rails, tracks, trains, walking

Posted by Tom Clausen | Filed under americana, autumn, landscapes, nature, paths, photos, trains

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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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autumn, little poems, nature, photography, photos, poems, poetry, railroads, rust, tracks, trains

rust rivulets
at rest
the train wheel

 

train wheel at rest with rust rivulets

trestle rust

18 Friday Oct 2019

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, haiku, Ithaca, landscapes, poems and photos, rust, trains, Wabi Sabi

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bridges, haiku, photography, photos, poetry, railroads, rust, trains, trestles

another autumn…
the trestle rust
in season

 

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norfolk southern by tom clausen

17 Saturday Sep 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, flowers, landscapes, nature, plants, poems and photos, trains

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art, beauty, design, details, fields, Finger Lakes, flowers, found art, freight, goldenrod, haiku, Ithaca, light, nature, New York, New York State, photography, poetry, railroads, summer, time, train, trains, walking, witness

 

the freight
passing through
goldenrod

 

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snake skin by tom clausen

23 Tuesday Jun 2015

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emptiness, freight yard, garter snake, haiku, Ithaca, leaving, loss, New York, photography, poetry, railroads, shedding, snake skin, snakes, ties, tracks, trains, zen

he double checks
the coin return-
emptiness lingers

a lonely reminder stretched  of a railroad tie -snake skin

a lonely reminder
stretched on a railroad tie
-snake skin

railroad tie series by tom clausen

14 Thursday May 2015

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creosote, haiku, photography, poetry, railroads, senryu, spring, ties, tracks, trains, weathering

walking the tracks
my thoughts
go nowhere…

the ties that bind remain

the ties
that bind
remain

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after the train
looking in the ballast
for the penny

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siding by tom clausen

05 Tuesday May 2015

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freight cars, Gavin Yard, great plains, haiku, Minot, North Dakota, Northern Pacific, photography, poetry, railroads, sidings, summer, trains, wind

crickets…
my eyes closed
to the day

a warm breeze through the grasses by the siding...

a warm breeze
through the grasses
by the siding…

runaways by tom clausen

01 Friday May 2015

Posted by Tom Clausen in landscapes, Mexico, poems and photos, trains

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freight hopping, Guadalajara, haiku, kids, life, Los Mochis, Mazatlan, Mexico, on the road, photography, poetry, railroads, riding the rails, runaways, trains, travel

blue sky-
nothing constructive
to offer

hopping a freight with me two runaways from Los Mochis

hopping
a freight with me
two runaways
from Los Mochis

Mexico 1978-freight hopping kids near Guadalajara

1978

Mexico 1978-freight hopping kids asleep in gondola

switch by tom clausen

28 Saturday Mar 2015

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freight yards, iron, messages, photography, poetry, railroads, rust, spring, sun, switches, trains

dandelions-
I give someone
easy directions

a message for the switcher guy in the yard

a message
for the switcher guy
in the yard

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creosote by tom clausen

24 Tuesday Mar 2015

Posted by Tom Clausen in poems and photos

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light, photography, poetry, railroad ties, railroads, rails, spring, sun, tanka, tracks

 

abandoned lot-
chocolate milk carton
bleached white

down the line sun shine day dreams waiting for a train...

down the line
sun shine day dreams
waiting for a train…

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