budding by tom clausen

16 Monday Feb 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, fungus, haiku, nature, paths, photos, plants, poems and photos, trees, winter

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budding, buds, fungi, haiku, lichen, photography, photos, poetry, thaw, thawing, winter

a thawing
how easy to say
what I couldn’t say

standing tall by tom clausen

15 Sunday Feb 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, gardens, nature, photos, plants, poems and photos, Published Poems, snow, tanka, winter

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card, garden, nature, path, photography, photos, pick up, snow, tanka, winter, wreckage, yard, year

as I pick up
winter wreckage
from our yard, it sinks in
no card from her
this year

extraterrestrial by tom clausen

14 Saturday Feb 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, Dim Sum, fungus, haiku, nature, photos, poems and photos, winter

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close up, detail, dewdrop, extraterrestrial, fungi, haiku, macro, nature, notice, photography, photos, time, winter

there was a time
I might not have noticed
dewdrop

unknown by tom clausen

12 Thursday Feb 2026

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

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another, haiku, mid-winter, nature, one way, photography, photos, poetry, unknown, winter

mid-winter
one way or another
so much unknown

little beauties by tom clausen

10 Tuesday Feb 2026

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

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bark, beauties, beauty, dying, fungus, haiku, life and death, little, nature, photography, photos, poetry, tree, trunk, winter

the dying tree
gives birth
to little beauties

frozen reset by tom clausen

08 Sunday Feb 2026

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

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alone, degrees, frigid, frozen, haiku, nature, photography, photos, poetry, snow, temperature, winter, zero

zero degrees
going out
alone

road stains by tom clausen

08 Sunday Feb 2026

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

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another, dreams, haiku, no, passing, photography, photos, poetry, road, salt, stains, winter

no passing
one dream
for another

antler shed by tom clausen

06 Friday Feb 2026

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

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antler, deer, haiku, more, myself, nothing, photography, photos, poetry, say, shed, snow, squeaky, winter

squeaky snow
nothing more to say
to myself

angel dust by tom clausen

06 Friday Feb 2026

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

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angels, behind, better, dust, ever, felt, further, parents, past, photography, photos, poetry, slip, snow, tanka, winter, wondering

wondering if this is what
my parents felt,
in their own time
seeing a better past
slip ever further behind

almost home by tom clausen

05 Thursday Feb 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, haiku, light, nature, paths, photos, poems and photos, snow, winter

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almost, bright, haiku, home, light, nature, path, photography, photos, poetry, snow, snowman, stare, sun, winter

the snowman…
in a hard locked stare
at the sun

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