matrix by tom clausen

12 Tuesday May 2026

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

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alone, desire, gardens, landscapes, life, matrix, nature, photography, photos, poems, poetry, red, sedum, spring, swept away, tanka

this desire to just be
alone
with all these poems
swept away again and again
by the bigger poem of my life

peace prayers by tom clausen

15 Wednesday Apr 2026

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

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garden, haiku, nature, peace, photography, photos, plants, poetry, prayers, shrubs, signs, spring, trees

peace prayers-
the signs of every plant
without words

taken to heart by tom clausen

14 Tuesday Apr 2026

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

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blossoming, brevity, Dim Sum, flowers, haiku, heart, nature, photographer, photos, poetry, spring, taken to heart

the brevity
of blossoming
taken to heart

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

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

meeting by tom clausen

03 Saturday Jan 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, gardens, haiku

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day, everything, haiku, late, meeting, photography, photos, poetry, pour, tea, winter

late in the day
after everything…
i pour her tea

bee lines – tom clausen

21 Friday Jun 2024

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

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age, art, bee lines, difference, droning, fades, haiku, I am, Ithaca, little, nature, out, photography, photos, plane, poetry, summer

droning plane fades out…
how little difference it makes
what age I am

in the garden – tom clausen

04 Tuesday Jun 2024

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, Cornell, flowers, gardens, haiku, Ithaca, nature, parks, photos, plants, poems and photos, spring

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being, blossoms, flowers, gardens, haiku, Ithaca, just to be, nature, photography, poetry

being
in the garden
just to be in the garden

turning back – tom clausen

03 Monday Jun 2024

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

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aging out, find out, Ithaca, myself, nature, photography, photos, poetry, spring, tanka, turn back, what it takes

aging out
of myself
i try to find out
what it takes
to turn back

heart – tom clausen

02 Sunday Jun 2024

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

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ambiguous, defined, dismissed, down, feeling, heart, Ithaca, nature, photography, photos, poetry, reason, spring, tanka

I keep it ambiguous
knowing full well
a defined reason
for feeling down
can be dismissed

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