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gone to seed by tom clausen

28 Wednesday Sep 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in close up details, haiku, landscapes, nature, paths, plants, poems and photos, summer

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art, beauty, design, details, dreams, fields, Finger Lakes, fluff, fluffs, found art, haiku, Ithaca, light, nature, New York, New York State, past, photography, poetry, seed, seeds, summer, sun, thistles, time, walking, witness, zen

gone to seed…
my life work
always  now

 

 

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thistle by tom clausen

17 Saturday Sep 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in nature, plants, poems and photos, summer

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art, beauty, design, details, down, dried, fields, Finger Lakes, found art, haiku, Ithaca, light, nature, New York, New York State, photography, poetry, summer, thistles, time, walking, weeds, witness, zen

a new day
just to sit
outside

 

 

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dragon’s breath by tom clausen

04 Friday Sep 2015

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art, design, details, dried, fields, haiku, late summer, nature, photography, plants, poetry, summer, thistles, weeds

dragon’s breath-
the sun you can see
through the haze

dried and gone to seed a thistle becomes asymmetrical

dried and gone to seed
a thistle becomes
asymmetrical

angels by tom clausen

02 Wednesday Sep 2015

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art, beauty, design, details, dreams, fancy free, haiku, imagination, nature, photography, poetry, seeds, summer, thistles, weeds, whimsy, wind

hints of autumn
on a breeze
calling all angels

where does the time go....

where does the time go….

gone to seed by tom clausen

31 Monday Aug 2015

Posted by Tom Clausen in poems and photos

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beauty, haiku, light, photography, poetry, roadside, seeds, summer, sun, thistles, weeds, wind

late bloomer-
what she once said
about me

gone to seed the thistle takes on a new beauty

gone to seed
the thistle takes on
a new beauty

black swallowtail series by tom clausen

05 Wednesday Aug 2015

Posted by Tom Clausen in butterflies, fields, flowers, landscapes, nature, poems and photos, summer, tanka

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art, beauty, design, fields, Finger Lakes, fleeting, flitting, flying, hilltop, micropoetry, Mt. Pleasant, New York, observe, photography, poetry, polinators, summer, swallowtail, tanka, thistles, wildflowers, witness

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

 

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black swallowtail
chooses to settle a spell
on a purple thistle

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