bubble up by tom clausen

21 Sunday Dec 2025

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, ice, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, puddles, reflections, tanka, winter

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bubble, bubble up, cawing, crows, ice, mind, one, photography, photos, poetry, puddle, settles, silence, sitting, tanka, zendo

at the zendo
sitting in near silence
my mind settles in…
that one crow
caw cawing

another world by tom clausen

20 Saturday Dec 2025

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, haiku, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems

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another world, berries, bubble, haiku, happy, holidays, photography, photos, poetry, raindrops, reflection

happy holidays –
I fasten
my seatbelt

once upon a time by tom clausen

19 Friday Dec 2025

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, autumn, cats, haiku, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems

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60's, autumn, grandma, haiku, memories, once upon a time, photography, photos, porch, Vermont, world

once upon a time
on grandma’s porch
the world

smokestack sunset by tom clausen

16 Tuesday Dec 2025

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, clouds, Cornell, haiku, Ithaca, landscapes, light, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, sunsets, winter

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Cornell, haiku, heating plant, light, light bulb, photography, photos, poetry, smokestacks, sunset, the way, trash, winter

the way

the way
the light bulb rests
in the rest of the trash

antlers by tom clausen

15 Monday Dec 2025

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, deer, forests, haiku, Ithaca, nature, photos, poems and photos, snow, winter

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antlers, back lot, buck, deer, haiku, photography, photos, poetry, snow, wind, winter

strong wind
with new snow…
what we don’t ask for

salt pellet by tom clausen

14 Sunday Dec 2025

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, haiku, ice, nature, photos, poems and photos, roads, snow, winter

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circle, haiku, melt, pellet, photography, photos, poetry, salt, silence, snowflakes, snowmelt, winter, woods

a few snowflakes
entering the woods
silence

snowflakes by tom clausen

13 Saturday Dec 2025

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, haiku, Ithaca, leaves, light, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, shadows, snow, winter

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far, haiku, leaf, light, news, photography, photos, poetry, shadow, snow, snowflakes, today, universe, winter

the news today…
how far it goes
the universe

caps by tom clausen

12 Friday Dec 2025

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

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acorns, bitter cold, caps, cold, haiku, photography, photos, poetry, sunrise, trash, winter

bitter cold
some of the sunrise
compressed with the trash

phoebe by tom clausen

11 Thursday Dec 2025

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

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bird call, clean, cleared, empty, father, haiku, milkweed, milkweed pod, nature, phoebe, photography, photos, poetry, snow, winter

“phoebe, phoebe”
my father
used to answer

silence between us by tom clausen

06 Saturday Dec 2025

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, deer, ice, nature, photos, poems and photos, snow, tanka, winter

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cold, creek, crystals, deer, ice, photos, poetry, running, silence, tanka, walk, winter

the cold walk,
silence
between us,
the creek running
under ice

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bubble up by tom clausen

another world by tom clausen

once upon a time by tom clausen

smokestack sunset by tom clausen

antlers by tom clausen

salt pellet by tom clausen

snowflakes by tom clausen

caps by tom clausen

phoebe by tom clausen

silence between us by tom clausen