how ironic
coming to love
this life and world
and at the same time
letting it all go…
mountain ridge
the clouds too
come and go…
transience by tom clausen
03 Friday Apr 2015
Posted in poems and photos
Tag Archives: tanka
sentinel by tom clausen
01 Wednesday Apr 2015
Posted in poems and photos
Tags
gravestones, headstones, Ithaca, New York, poetry, shadows, spring, sun, tanka
could be I’m tired
or lost, but to close my eyes
and nod off
while the world goes on
gives me a certain peace
or lost, but to close my eyes
and nod off
while the world goes on
gives me a certain peace
silent sentinel
facing the end
of another day
water color by tom clausen
01 Wednesday Apr 2015
Tags
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
wall paper by tom clausen
01 Wednesday Apr 2015
Posted in poems and photos
Tags
photography, poetry, tanka, time, wabi sabi, wall paper, walls
without fanfare at dusk
I drag the dead branch
to the brush pile-
another day risen
and fallen from my life
wall paper
layers of the times
when someone lived here
seneca lake by tom clausen
31 Tuesday Mar 2015
Posted in autumn, landscapes, nature, poems and photos, Wabi Sabi
Tags
art, beauty, design, dreams, fall, Finger Lakes, found art, lakes, light, nature, New York, New York State, photography, poetry, Seneca Lake, shore, shore line, sky, sun, tanka, time, trees, upstate New York, water, waters, witness, woods
bowed to the ground
the golden-rods
too tall of themselves-
I couldn’t tell her why
the sky is blue
the golden-rods
too tall of themselves-
I couldn’t tell her why
the sky is blue
the clarity
of being here now
as witness
yard work by tom clausen
31 Tuesday Mar 2015
Posted in poems and photos
Tags
dandelions, flowers, lawns, photography, poetry, summer, tanka, yards
no contest at all
sitting here under a willow
watching the water
while all sorts of chores
remain undone…
within this world
infinite worlds
to find….
buick by tom clausen
31 Tuesday Mar 2015
Posted in poems and photos
Tags
memories, Mexico, old cars, photography, poetry, Puebla, street scenes, tanka, travel
post cards
from all over the world
from all over the world
sent with little messages
letting me be somewhere
beyond the living room…
on the road
even daylight
comes and goes
chain link by tom clausen
28 Saturday Mar 2015
Posted in poems and photos
choices by tom clausen
27 Friday Mar 2015
Posted in poems and photos
Tags
art, fields, photography, poetry, symbolism, tanka, television, tv
before dawn…
this timeless journey
in the here and now
exploring further
myself again…
so many choices
in a day and which channel to choose
runaways by tom clausen
27 Friday Mar 2015
Posted in poems and photos
Tags
freight hopping, gondolas, Mexico, photography, poetry, runaways, sleep, sun, tanka, trains
in the wind
I rake and gather
leaves
with thoughts of people
I’ve known before
runaways
in a gondola
napping
