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accent by tom clausen

24 Wednesday Aug 2016

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art, beauty, design, details, dreams, found art, gravity, haiku, light, nature, photography, poetry, ponds, still, stillness, summer, Walden Pond, water

still water
stone piles accent
the calm

 

still waters with stone piles

vigil by tom clausen

31 Monday Aug 2015

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ears, fear, Finger Lakes, haiku, hidden, hiding, Ithaca, nature, New York State, photography, poetry, rabbits, stillness, summer, vigil, watchful

eye to eye
this constant vigil
just to be

stilled by  fear

stilled
by
fear

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the sound of time by tom clausen

20 Thursday Aug 2015

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art, beauty, design, details, dreams, farms, haiku, history, houses, light, Marshall House, New York State, photography, poetry, quiet, Revolutionary War, stillness, summer, time

from one room
to another
stray thoughts

the slow  steady sound of the clock

the slow
steady sound
of the clock

wabi sabi series by tom clausen (with thanks to mary stevens)

05 Wednesday Aug 2015

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art, beauty, design, details, dew, dreams, dripping, drops, fields, Finger Lakes, fog, forests, found art, green, haiku, Ithaca, knots, loneliness, New York State, osprey, photography, Rhode Island, rust, sand, shape, shifting, stillness, tanka, trails, unitarian, wabi sabi, weathered, weathering, woods, zen

how ironic
coming to love
this life and world
and at the same time
letting it all go…

in the eye of the beholder wabi sabi

in the eye
of the beholder
wabi sabi

silent melody shape sifter the learning curve look out

dripping fog bridge works mesabi range

new pond by tom clausen

09 Thursday Jul 2015

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frog, frogponds, frogs, green, haiku, nature, photography, poetry, pond, ponds, pools, stillness, summer, surface, waiting, watching, water

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

canoe by tom clausen

17 Wednesday Jun 2015

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haiku, Haiku Circle, light, Massachusetts, morning, nature, now, photography, poetry, ponds, reflection, stillness, summer, water

daybreak-
the spider centered
in its web

canoe filled with rain and sky...

canoe
filled with rain
and sky…

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expectations by tom clausen

17 Wednesday Jun 2015

Posted by Tom Clausen in clouds, landscapes, nature, poems and photos, sunsets, trees

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art, beauty, evening, fields, haiku, light, meditation, nature, night, observance, photography, poetry, quiet, stillness, trees, witness, zen

one tree
one bird, one song
the dusk

being there all alone  without expectations...

being there
all alone without
expectations…

cattails by tom clausen

16 Tuesday Jun 2015

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evening, haiku, light, now, observation, photography, plants, poetry, ponds, stillness, water, witness, zen

childhood
lasting
a lifetime

evening calm... at attention the cattails

evening calm…
at attention
the cattails

veterans by tom clausen

16 Tuesday Jun 2015

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fields, haiku, light, Massachusetts, meditation, miles, nature, Northfield, nowhere, photography, poetry, resting, rust, stillness, sun, sunset, time, trucks, vehicles, wabi sabi, writing

enriched rust
in the late day sun
the stillness

how many times the light has come and gone...

how many times
the light has come
and gone…

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"I can see for miles and miles and miles..."

“I can see
for miles and miles
and miles…”

narrative by tom clausen

11 Thursday Jun 2015

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golden, light, nature, observation, peace, photography, poetry, serenity, silhouette, sky, stillness, summer, sun, sunset, tanka, trees, witness, writing

once again
the narrative
on the news
made no mention
of serenity…

I've lost count of the number of sunsets I've watched...

I’ve lost count
of the number of sunsets
I’ve watched…

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