closing in – tom clausen

17 Monday Aug 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, flowers, nature, photos, plants, poems and photos, Published Poems, summer

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close up, closing in, dust, flowers, haiku, nature, photography, photos, poetry, prayer bowl, Queen Anne's Lace, silence, summer

in the prayer bowl
the silence
of dust

pathway – tom clausen

16 Sunday Aug 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, flowers, nature, paths, photos, plants, poems and photos, Published Poems, summer, tanka

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cicada, fall, flowers, heart, pathway, photography, photos, poetry, recording, rise, song, summer, sweet pea, tanka

the rise and fall
of the cicada’s song,
my own heart quietly
recording
what it can

mid-air- tom clausen

15 Saturday Aug 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, deer, forests, haiku, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, summer

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always now, brook, chasm, creek, deer, haiku, jump, leap, life, nature, passing, photography, photos, poetry, summer, through, world

passing through
this life, this world,
this always now…

underworld-tom clausen

14 Friday Aug 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, fungus, haiku, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, summer

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alley, branch, close up, fallen, fungi, haiku, lichen, looking, nature, photography, photos, poetry, summer, town

little town….
looking in
an alley

cosmic chaos- tom clausen

13 Thursday Aug 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, fields, light, nature, photos, plants, poems and photos, Published Poems, summer, tanka

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again, alone, chaos, cosmic, cosmic chaos, desire, life, nature, photography, photos, poems, poetry, summer, swepy away, tanka, thistles

this desire to just be
alone
with all these poems
swept away again and again
by the bigger poem of my life

landing-tom clausen

11 Tuesday Aug 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, bees, close up details, fields, flowers, haiku, nature, photos, plants, poems and photos, Published Poems, summer

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bees, day, flowers, haiku, landing, nature, new, new day, photography, photos, poetry, summer, yellow, yesterday

a new day..
yesterday has joined
all the yesterdays

mid-summer- tom clausen

10 Monday Aug 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, haiku, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, summer, trees

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berries, crows, haiku, jawing, mid-summer, nature, photography, photos, poetry, red, relaxed, sounds, summer

mid-summer-
the relaxed sounds
of crows jawing

new day-tom clausen

10 Monday Aug 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, flowers, haiku, nature, paths, photos, plants, poems and photos, Published Poems, summer

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bringing, face, haiku, nature, new day, photography, photos, poetry, rose of sharon, summer, water

new day
bringing water
to my face

milkweed bug- tom clausen

09 Sunday Aug 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, fields, haiku, leaves, milkweed, nature, photos, plants, poems and photos, Published Poems, summer

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bug, bugs, chap, good morning, haiku, happy, milkweed, morning, nature, photography, photos, poetry, summer

the happy chap
says good morning
to himself

trust- tom clausen

08 Saturday Aug 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, deer, Ithaca, landscapes, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, summer, tanka

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across, asks, cows, deer, fence, flies, gaze, honestly, life, looks, nature, ok, photos, poetry, summer, tanka, think, trust, wife

as we gaze across the fence
my wife asks what I think
about a cow’s life
and honestly it looks quite okay
except for all those flies

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