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waiting in the wings by tom clausen

03 Tuesday Mar 2015

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hiking, Peru, photography, poetry, Salkantay, tanka, treks

this complete enigma
of me wanting more solitude
then company in turn
on my terms
at just the right time

who has it... that dream of flying

who has it…
that dream
of flying

pressure drop by tom clausen

02 Monday Mar 2015

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dew, fleeting, light, photography, plants, poetry, rain, summer, tanka, transcience

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

rain or dew the fleeting time here

rain or dew
the fleeting time
here

observing by tom clausen

25 Wednesday Feb 2015

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parade, Peru, photography, plaza de arms, poetry, Quecha, tanka

how it is
this endless desire
to know more and more
and still feel the less,
this very sorrow of knowing things

watching the big parade from the shade...

watching
the big parade
from the shade…

signature by tom clausen

25 Wednesday Feb 2015

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photography, poetry, snow, tanka, winter

 

as I sit here
taking in the river view
I see my feelings for this life
quite like the trees
leaning slightly downstream

the wind and snow across the field has bent but not buried all the grasses

the wind and snow
across the field has bent
but not buried all the grasses

snagged by tom clausen

18 Wednesday Feb 2015

Posted by Tom Clausen in close up details, poems and photos, Wabi Sabi, winter

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art, beauty, design, details, Finger Lakes, found art, gloves, Ithaca, lost and found, nature, New York, New York State, photography, poetry, sky, snow, tanka, time, wabi sabi, walking, winter, witness, zen

my youth spent
gathering strength and solace
of friends near and far-
these short years later
losing them one by one

in the world of lost and found always waiting...

in the world
of lost and found
always waiting…

blue sky by tom clausen

13 Friday Feb 2015

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dark, light, Machu Picchu, moutains, Peru, photography, poetry, sky, tanka

how many people can you connect to and lose in a life without feeling quite lost

how many people
can you connect to
and lose in a life
without feeling
quite lost

ripples by tom clausen

13 Friday Feb 2015

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illusion, Ithaca, light, photography, poetry, reflection, tanka, water

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Huascaran…

09 Monday Feb 2015

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glacier, mountains, Peru, photography, poetry, tanka, volcano

before I was born no troubles yet here and there these beauties of being here now

before I was born
no troubles
yet here and there
these beauties
of being here now

Amantani…

06 Friday Feb 2015

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family, handwork, Isla Amantani, Lake Titicaca, Peru, photography, poetry, tanka

pushed by the wind at the far end of the sky a few clouds... I can see that what I want keeps changing too

pushed by the wind
at the far end of the sky
a few clouds…
I can see that what I want
keeps changing too

softly…

05 Thursday Feb 2015

Posted by Tom Clausen in nature, Peru, poems and photos

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beauty, found art, llamas, nature, Peru, photography, poetry, South America, tanka, travel, witness

a moment of regret that the way the world works we don't tell strangers we love them spontaneously

a moment of regret
that the way the world works
we don’t tell strangers
we love them
spontaneously

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