preview by tom clausen

29 Thursday Feb 2024

Posted by Tom Clausen in A Work of Love, americana, close up details, flowers, nature, photos, plants, poems and photos, Published Poems, tanka, trees

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buds, faster, flowers, more, nature, photography, photos, poetry, reverie, tanka, traffic light, trees, want, why

in a reverie
at the long traffic light
it occurs to me
why would I want
to do more, faster

peek-a-boo by tom clausen

22 Thursday Feb 2024

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, flowers, Ithaca, nature, photos, plants, poems and photos, tanka, winter

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blossoms, clear, clouds, flower, know, knowing, nature, photography, photos, poetry, tanka, war, winter aconite, wispy, yellow

wispy clouds
for what little I know
it is entirely clear
that I full well know
war is not the way

one petal by tom clausen

20 Tuesday Feb 2024

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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blossoms, cup, flowers, haiku, nature, petals, photography, photos, poetry, spring, stay, tea

I let it stay…
a petal
in my tea cup

spring heart by tom clausen

15 Thursday Feb 2024

Posted by Tom Clausen in A Work of Love, americana, close up details, flowers, haiku, nature, photos, plants, poems and photos, spring, sun, tanka, winter

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buds, divorce, heart, nature, opening, photography, photos, poetry, spring, tanka, Valentine, winter

after supporting
their divorce plans
I write them a Valentine;
suggest they reconsider
it all again

a january dandelion by tom clausen

04 Thursday Jan 2024

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

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dandelion, haiku, Ithaca, january, life, nature, one, over and over, photos, poetry, seed, winter

one seed
one life
over and over

Christmas eve by tom clausen

25 Monday Dec 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, autumn, close up details, flowers, gardens, Ithaca, leaves, nature, photos, plants, poems and photos, Published Poems, tanka

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change, Christmas, eve, everything, faster, Ithaca, leaves, nature, once, photography, photos, poetry, seasons, so long, still, tanka, time

once it took so long
for the seasons to change
but now everything faster-
how strange the way I want
time to just stand still

off season by tom clausen

26 Sunday Nov 2023

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

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autumn, blossoms, gone, haiku, nature, photography, photos, poetry, Queen Anne's Lace, seed

gone to seed
the ‘blossom’
after the blossom

rose garden

13 Friday Oct 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in close up details, flowers, haiku, nature, parks, photos, plants, poems and photos, senryu, summer

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beauty, flowers, gardens, haiku, nature, nose, Oregon, photography, photos, poetry, Portland, roses, scent, summer

rose garden
just barely
the tip of my nose

the past by tom clausen

05 Thursday Oct 2023

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

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blossoms, flowers, haiku, hydrangea, nature, past, photography, photos, poetry, time

blossoms
not enough time
for the past

goldenrod

08 Friday Sep 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, bees, close up details, fields, flowers, haiku, Ithaca, nature, photos, plants, poems and photos, summer

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beekeeper, bees, flowers, goldenrod, haiku, honey, Ithaca, nature, photography, photos, poetry, summer, taste

the old beekeeper
gives us a taste of
goldenrod honey

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Christmas eve by tom clausen

off season by tom clausen

rose garden

the past by tom clausen

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