shadowlands by tom clausen

03 Tuesday Feb 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, Dim Sum, forests, haiku, landscapes, nature, paths, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, shadows, snow, trees, Wabi Sabi, winter

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fence, forest, haiku, holding, in, nature, out, photography, photos, poetry, shadowlands, shadows, snow, wabi sabi, winter, woods

a wabi sabi fence
holding nothing in
or out

holding on by tom clausen

15 Saturday Nov 2025

Posted by Tom Clausen in abandoned buildings, americana, autumn, barns, fields, haiku, landscapes, nature, photos, poems and photos, Wabi Sabi

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abandoned, barns, creeks, gravity, haiku, photography, photos, poetry, wabi sabi

creek side
the gravity of so many
situations…

barn blind by tom clausen

26 Sunday Nov 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in abandoned buildings, americana, autumn, barns, fields, haiku, landscapes, nature, photos, poems and photos, Wabi Sabi

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autumn, barn, blending, field, haiku, nature, photography, photos, poetry, the way, wabi sabi, weathered

the way
ever more
a weathered barn
blends in

autumnal abstraction by tom clausen

11 Saturday Nov 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, autumn, close up details, Cornell, haiku, Ithaca, lakes and rivers, leaves, nature, photos, poems and photos, reflections, trees, Wabi Sabi, water reflections

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abstraction, autumn, autumnal, Beebe Lake, branches, Cornell, haiku, how much, knew, long ago, nature, photography, photos, poetry, reflection, thought, wabi sabi, water, years ago

years ago
how much i thought
i knew

vestige by tom clausen

03 Tuesday Oct 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, birds, close up details, haiku, nature, photos, poems and photos, roads, summer, trains, Wabi Sabi

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birds, haiku, lane, nature, photography, photos, poetry, remnants, summer, tracks, vestige, wabi sabi

track side lane
remnants of what
ends up there

marble by tom clausen

08 Tuesday Aug 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, clouds, haiku, light, nature, photos, poems and photos, puddles, summer, sun, Wabi Sabi, water reflections

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haiku, nature, photography, photos, poetry, puddle, reflection, summer, sun, wabi sabi

paused at a puddle
yes, there it is, the sun
size of a marble

holding on by tom clausen

06 Sunday Aug 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in close up details, haiku, leaves, nature, photos, poems and photos, summer, Wabi Sabi

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haiku, holding on, leaves, nature, photography, photos, poetry, summer, wabi sabi

a leaf…
holding on to what it can
of itself

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

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iced over by tom clausen

16 Monday Dec 2019

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frozen, ice, natural aesthetics, natural art, nature, photography, photos, puddles, wabi sabi

Posted by Tom Clausen | Filed under close up details, ice, nature, photos, puddles, Wabi Sabi, winter

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ghost town by tom clausen

16 Monday Dec 2019

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abandoned, ghost towns, great plains, natural aesthetics, natural art, nature, photography, photos, south dakota, summer, wabi sabi

Posted by Tom Clausen | Filed under abandoned buildings, americana, fields, landscapes, nature, Wabi Sabi

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