vanishing point – tom clausen

20 Thursday Aug 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, lakes and rivers, nature, parks, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, summer, tanka

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Cass Park, Cayuga Lake, down, far, giving up, lake, nature, photography, photos, place, poetry, point, summer, tanka, turmoil, vanishing

far down the lake
there is a point
of vanishing…
a place where I imagine
giving up my turmoil

sketches – tom clausen

18 Tuesday Aug 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, leaves, nature, photos, plants, poems and photos, Published Poems, senryu, summer

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friend, gossip, leaves, mom, nature, party line, photography, photos, senryu, summer

party line
i listen to a friend’s mom
gossip

cardinal red-tom clausen

18 Tuesday Aug 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, flowers, forests, haiku, nature, paths, photos, plants, poems and photos, summer

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cardinal, flowers, haiku, nature, path, photography, photos, plants, poetry, red, summer, woods

the quiet going on of plants everywhere…

closing in – tom clausen

17 Monday Aug 2026

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

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close up, closing in, dust, flowers, haiku, nature, photography, photos, poetry, prayer bowl, Queen Anne's Lace, silence, summer

in the prayer bowl
the silence
of dust

pathway – tom clausen

16 Sunday Aug 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, flowers, nature, paths, photos, plants, poems and photos, Published Poems, summer, tanka

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cicada, fall, flowers, heart, pathway, photography, photos, poetry, recording, rise, song, summer, sweet pea, tanka

the rise and fall
of the cicada’s song,
my own heart quietly
recording
what it can

mid-air- tom clausen

15 Saturday Aug 2026

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

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always now, brook, chasm, creek, deer, haiku, jump, leap, life, nature, passing, photography, photos, poetry, summer, through, world

passing through
this life, this world,
this always now…

underworld-tom clausen

14 Friday Aug 2026

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

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alley, branch, close up, fallen, fungi, haiku, lichen, looking, nature, photography, photos, poetry, summer, town

little town….
looking in
an alley

cosmic chaos- tom clausen

13 Thursday Aug 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, fields, light, nature, photos, plants, poems and photos, Published Poems, summer, tanka

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again, alone, chaos, cosmic, cosmic chaos, desire, life, nature, photography, photos, poems, poetry, summer, swepy away, tanka, thistles

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

landing-tom clausen

11 Tuesday Aug 2026

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

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bees, day, flowers, haiku, landing, nature, new, new day, photography, photos, poetry, summer, yellow, yesterday

a new day..
yesterday has joined
all the yesterdays

mid-summer- tom clausen

10 Monday Aug 2026

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

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berries, crows, haiku, jawing, mid-summer, nature, photography, photos, poetry, red, relaxed, sounds, summer

mid-summer-
the relaxed sounds
of crows jawing

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