mother’s day by tom clausen

10 Sunday May 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, birds, close up details, haiku, Ithaca, nature, parks, paths, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, senryu, spring

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bird's nest, birds, eggs, haiku, mix, Mother's Day, nature, nest, photography, photos, poetry, rain, robin, robin's eggs, senryu, spring, sun, wind

Mother’s Day-
a mix of sun
wind and rain

fledgling by tom clausen

10 Sunday May 2026

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

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again, birds, dandelion, egg, falling, gone, love, photography, photos, poetry, seed, sign trailhead, spring, sticks, tanka, trail, walking, wishes

two walking sticks
lean against
the trail head sign,
so many way to fall
in love again

nest by tom clausen

25 Saturday Apr 2026

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

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begins, bird's nest, haiku, heart, nature, nest, on time, photography, photos, poetry, spring, time

spring begins
right on time
in the heart

gulls by tom clausen

21 Saturday Mar 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, birds, clouds, haiku, Ithaca, light, nature, photos, poems and photos, spring, sun

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clouds, gulls, haiku, imagine, life, nature, One Day, photography, photos, poetry, spring, sun

for one day
imagine the life
of a gull

rainy red by tom clausen

06 Friday Mar 2026

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

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cardinal, deeper, haiku, nature, photography, photos, poetry, rain, red, seeing, thicket, winter

seeing me…
the cardinal goes deeper
into the thicket…

the way home by tom clausen

04 Wednesday Mar 2026

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

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flight, geese, haiku, home, nature, on the way, photography, photos, poetry, sky, spring, winter

on the way home
more geese
on the way home

feather light by tom clausen

17 Tuesday Feb 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, birds, close up details, haiku, Heron's Nest, light, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, sun, winter

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feather, flying, haiku, hand, Heron's Nest, light, now, palm, photography, photos, poetry, sun, winter

now flying
by itself
a feather

sanctuary by tom clausen

18 Sunday Jan 2026

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

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birds, cardinal, feathers, forest, haiku, photography, photos, pine, poetry, sanctuary, tree, winter, woods

sanctuary woods
a scatter of feathers
under the pine

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

cracked – tom clausen

13 Thursday Jun 2024

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, birds, close up details, Dim Sum, haiku, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, senryu, Wabi Sabi

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egg shell, excavating, haiku, my life, myself, nature, photography, photos, poetry, robin, spring, summer

excavating
myself
from my life

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Category Archives: birds

mother’s day by tom clausen

fledgling by tom clausen

nest by tom clausen

gulls by tom clausen

rainy red by tom clausen

the way home by tom clausen

feather light by tom clausen

sanctuary by tom clausen

phoebe by tom clausen

cracked – tom clausen