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

lightness by tom clausen

04 Wednesday Feb 2026

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

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fallen, field, haiku, light, lightness, nature, photography, photos, poetry, snow, snowflakes, twig, winter

lightness
of a fallen twig
each snowflake

opening by tom clausen

01 Sunday Feb 2026

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

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around, haiku, nature, opening, photography, photos, poetry, snow, sun, trees, winter, woods

sun opening
the snow around
the tree trunk

snow canvas by tom clausen

31 Saturday Jan 2026

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

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aesthetics, art, canvas, field, grass leaf, haiku, itself, nature, photography, photos, poetry, snow, winter

snow canvas
a leaf of grass
by itself

waking me by tom clausen

29 Thursday Jan 2026

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

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haiku, photography, photos, poetry, senryu, sleep, waking, winter

waking me
to let me know
she can’t sleep

aftermath by tom clausen

28 Wednesday Jan 2026

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

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aftermath, buried, field, haiku, photography, photos, poetry, snow, the way, winter

snowy aftermath
the way some things
are not buried

snow caps by tom clausen

25 Sunday Jan 2026

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

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berries, caps, haiku, hear, listening, nothing, photography, photos, poetry, red, snow, winter

listening
when there is nothing
to hear

red berries by tom clausen

22 Thursday Jan 2026

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

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cardinal, haiku, photography, photos, picture, poetry, red, red berries, white, window, winter

picture window
in all that white
a cardinal

brittle ice by tom clausen

21 Wednesday Jan 2026

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

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brittle ice, carefully, chosen, cold, creek, frozen, haiku, ice, photography, photos, poetry, winter, words

brittle ice
the way our words
must be chosen carefully

seed by tom clausen

20 Tuesday Jan 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, fields, haiku, Heron's Nest, landscapes, milkweed, nature, photos, plants, poems and photos, Published Poems, winter

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facing, field, haiku, Heron's Nest, meadow, milkweed, milkweed seed, photography, photos, poet's chair, poetry, seed, still, winter

still facing
the meadow
poet’s chair

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	robbiesinspiration on budding by tom clausen
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angel dust by tom clausen

lightness by tom clausen

opening by tom clausen

snow canvas by tom clausen

waking me by tom clausen

aftermath by tom clausen

snow caps by tom clausen

red berries by tom clausen

brittle ice by tom clausen

seed by tom clausen