letting go by tom clausen

27 Friday Oct 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in A Work of Love, americana, autumn, close up details, fields, Ithaca, light, nature, photos, poems and photos, tanka

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always, autumn, Ithaca, letting go, milkweed, milkweed seeds, nature, photography, photos, poetry, tanka, tomorrow

always
some tomorrow
I tell myself I’ll simply
start the serious work
of letting go…

distance by tom clausen

25 Friday Aug 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in cats, Gusts, hills and mountains, ice, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, snow, tanka, winter

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cats, change, distance, Gusts, looking, mountain top, mountains, Mt. Washington, nature, photography, photos, poetry, tanka, winter

looking into the distance
from the mountain top…
the wind carrying away
what I can’t change
from the world below

tentative by tom clausen

11 Friday Aug 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in deer, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, summer, tanka

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deer, friends, Ithaca, nature, photography, photos, poetry, summer, talk, tanka

the tentative start-up
of talk
to a new friend
begins the old doubt
of just who I am , again

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old doubt by tom clausen

06 Sunday Aug 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, Cornell, flowers, gardens, haiku, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, summer, tanka

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doubt, Ithaca, nature, photography, photos, poetry, summer, talk, tanka

the tentative start-up
of talk
to a new friend
begins the old doubt
of just who I am, again

tumbling down by tom clausen

12 Wednesday Jul 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in abandoned buildings, americana, photos, poems and photos, summer, Wabi Sabi

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abandoned, houses, nature, photography, photos, poetry, run down, summer, tanka, tumbling, wabi sabi

on this long drive again
it is as if I’m inspecting
one by one
those buildings that are
closest to falling apart

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farmhouse near Ovid, N.Y. slowly tumbling down…7-11-23

already gone by tom clausen

03 Monday Jul 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, clouds, Ithaca, landscapes, nature, photos, poems and photos, summer, sunsets, tanka

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afterglow, fast, gone, life, nature, photography, photos, poetry, sunsets, tanka

we drove all day
very fast to get there
and passed oh so much ,
like much of my life
already gone

far enough by tom clausen

23 Friday Jun 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in close up details, leaves, light, nature, photos, plants, poems and photos, tanka

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close-up, details, illumination, leaves, light, nature, photography, photos, poetry, tanka, walking

walking far enough
to feel free
of the feeling
that I haven’t
walked far enough

births and marriages by tom clausen

05 Monday Jun 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, forests, nature, photos, poems and photos, tanka, trees

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births, deaths, log, marriages, nature, photography, photos, poetry, tanka, trees

there are still
births and marriages
everyday
sadly our local paper
only notes deaths now

afterthoughts by tom clausen

15 Monday May 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in close up details, flowers, Ithaca, nature, photos, plants, poems and photos, spring, tanka

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flowers, nature, photography, photos, poetry, spring, tanka, thoughts, weddings

after the wedding
the afterthoughts
we bring home
along with the blush
of blossoms

any which way by tom clausen

23 Sunday Apr 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in close up details, flowers, nature, photos, plants, spring, tanka

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dandelions, nature, photography, photos, poetry, spring, tanka

asked to arrange
the flowers in a vase
I put them in any which way-
so glad there are some things
which can’t go wrong

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