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frozen raindrops by tom clausen

13 Wednesday Dec 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, ice, Ithaca, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, trees, water reflections, winter

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frozen, nature, out front, photography, photos, plainly, poetry, raindrops, show you, tanka, trees

if you pulled up
out front to visit
what could I show you
of my life
plainly as it is

water over the dam by tom clausen

10 Sunday Dec 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, gorges, Ithaca, lakes and rivers, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, tanka, waterfalls

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behind, dam, felt, further, Ithaca, nature, parents, photography, photos, poetry, reservoir, slip, tanka, time, water, winter, wondering

wondering if this is what
my parents felt
in their own time
seeing a better past slip
ever further behind

behind clouds by tom clausen

07 Thursday Dec 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, clouds, Ithaca, light, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, sun, tanka, trees, Wabi Sabi, winter

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chances, clouds, growing late, Ithaca, light, nature, photography, photos, poetry, say something, tanka, trees, winter

so many chances
in a day to say something
to you
but here it is
growing late

beyond now by tom clausen

05 Tuesday Dec 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, autumn, barns, landscapes, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, tanka, Wabi Sabi

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autumn, barns, beyond, collapse, field, Ithaca, nature, news, newspaper, photography, photos, poetry, tanka, who knows

blowing across
the plowed field
a sheet of newspaper
with who knows
what kind of news

ink reflection by tom clausen

03 Sunday Dec 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, autumn, close up details, Cornell, Ithaca, lakes and rivers, light, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, reflections, tanka, Wabi Sabi, water reflections

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Beebe Lake, birdsong, branches, Ithaca, nature, photography, photos, poetry, reflections, silence, tanka, trees

so known to all
the power
of silence
in the twilight
a birdsong settles

tomorrow by tom clausen

25 Saturday Nov 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, autumn, close up details, fields, Ithaca, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, tanka

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always, autumn, collections, Ithaca, keepsakes, letting go, milkweed, milkweed seed, nature, photography, photos, poetry, tanka, tomorrow, treaure

it is always some tomorrow
that I’ll let go
one by one
these collected and treasured
keepsakes

another year

24 Friday Nov 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, autumn, close up details, leaves, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, tanka

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autumn, falling, inevitability, leaves, nature, photography, photos, poetry, tanka, too much, world, years

another year
the inevitability
of leaves falling,
the world as it is
still too much

sixty-years ago by tom clausen

23 Thursday Nov 2023

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

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11-22-63, assassination, autumn, Ithaca, JFK, nature, photography, photos, poetry, president, rain, rain drops, sixty years, tanka

in 7th grade 11-22-63
when the announcement came
directing us to return
to our homeroom;
the president had been shot

quietly red by tom clausen

19 Sunday Nov 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in A Work of Love, americana, autumn, close up details, gardens, leaves, nature, paths, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, tanka

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haiku, love, nature, photography, photos, poetry, quietly, red, reserve, tanka

a little red
begun in the crown
of the maple…
that reserve of love
i still have left

ginkgo by tom clausen

16 Thursday Nov 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, autumn, close up details, clouds, leaves, light, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, tanka, trees

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autumn, chores, clean, ginkgo, Ithaca, leaves, nature, organize, photography, photos, poetry, sunlight, tanka, trees, words

I use the words
chores, organize, clean
and yet
these autumn clouds
and trees

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