forsythia by tom clausen

07 Tuesday Apr 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, flowers, haiku, nature, photos, poems and photos, spring, sun

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enough, flowers, forsythia, good, good enough, haiku, I am, nature, photography, photos, poetry, spring, yellow

spring sun
good enough
right where I am

sprung by tom clausen

06 Monday Apr 2026

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

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blossoming, haiku, heart, mind, nature, one by one, photography, photos, poetry, spring, sprung

one by one
the blossoming
in our heart and mind

the weight by tom clausen

05 Sunday Apr 2026

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

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before, dawn, flowers, haiku, hours, nature, photography, photos, poetry, rain, sleep, spring, weight

rain before dawn
the two hours
I couldn’t sleep

carriage by tom clausen

04 Saturday Apr 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in abandoned buildings, americana, close up details, haiku, nature, photos, poems and photos, spring

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abandoned, abandoned house, baby carriage, carriage, collapsed, haiku, house, old, outside, Ovid, photography, photos, poetry, spring, surviving

surviving
the collapsed house
an old baby carriage

suspension by tom clausen

03 Friday Apr 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in Akitsu Quarterly, americana, close up details, fields, forests, haiku, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, raindrops, reflections, spring, water reflections

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buck rubs, clouds, deer, haiku, low, nature, photography, photos, poetry, rain, raindrops, scar, spring, sumac, suspension

low clouds
buck rubs
scar the sumac

flying by tom clausen

02 Thursday Apr 2026

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

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attracted, flying, nature, photography, photos, plants, poems, poetry, spring, tanka, wings

what attracted me most
to the poem
had not so much to do
with the poem
but that she liked it…

moving day by tom clausen

01 Wednesday Apr 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, haiku, nature, paths, photos, poems and photos, roads, spring

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after, downpour, haiku, moving, moving day, nature, photography, photos, poetry, rain, snail, spring

after the downpour
a snail
on the move…

coltsfoot by tom clausen

31 Tuesday Mar 2026

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

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beginning, coltsfoot, doubt, flowers, friend, nature, photography, photos, poetry, spring, tanka, tentative, who I am

the tentative start up
of talk . . .
to a new friend?
beginning the old doubt
of just who I am, again?

understated by tom clausen

30 Monday Mar 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, fungus, nature, photos, poems and photos, spring

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another, close-up, exist, fungi, lichen, nature, photography, photos, poetry, retreat, tanka, this world, understated

it occurs to me
to retreat
from this world-
as if another world
might exist

big parade by tom clausen

29 Sunday Mar 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, Cornell, haiku, Ithaca, photos, poems and photos, roads, spring

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haiku, Ithaca, no kings, parade, people, photography, photos, poetry, protest, reasons, streets, take

the many reasons
for people to take
to the streets

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