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in the middle

17 Friday Jun 2022

Posted by Tom Clausen in haibun, nature, Published Poems, senryu

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You can sit on a lawn or in a field, or forest or by a stream; almost anyplace
and just sit there sensing whatever. The longer you sit the better for settling
out the business of the mind and becoming open to the myriad senses of
sound, sight, smell and the way all manner of life is right there to discover…


page by page…
she knows on each one
where Waldo is


Frogpond v. XXIV no.3 2001

certain leaves

17 Friday Jun 2022

Posted by Tom Clausen in Frogpond, haiku, leaves, nature, Published Poems

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morning walk –
an elderly woman picks up
certain leaves


Frogpond v. XXIV no.3 2001

day done

26 Thursday May 2022

Posted by Tom Clausen in bees, haiku, Modern Haiku, nature, Published Poems

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the day done-
in silhouette bees still work
the redbud


Modern Haiku 27:3 (fall 1996) , 10

distant thunder

21 Saturday May 2022

Posted by Tom Clausen in Favorite Haiku, haiku, landscapes, nature, plants, Published Poems, summer

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a few ferns flutter
on the overhang
distant thunder

brink of a breeze…

17 Sunday Oct 2021

Posted by Tom Clausen in autumn, close up details, fields, haiku, landscapes, milkweed, nature, photos, poems and photos

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milkweed seeds
on the brink
of a breeze…

a leaf

29 Wednesday Sep 2021

Posted by Tom Clausen in autumn, close up details, forests, haiku, leaves, nature, photos, poems and photos

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early autumn
so much to see
in a leaf

La Push

28 Tuesday Sep 2021

Posted by Tom Clausen in close up details, haiku, nature, ocean imagery, photos, poems and photos, sea shore

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left alone awhile
the ocean swelling
just beyond

Pasha

17 Saturday Jul 2021

Posted by Tom Clausen in deer, fields, haiku, landscapes, nature, photos, poems and photos, summer

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summer grazing…
she wades through
the field

Ivan

16 Friday Jul 2021

Posted by Tom Clausen in deer, haiku, landscapes, nature, poems and photos, summer

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during and after
the thunderstorm
the deer

Bessie

15 Thursday Jul 2021

Posted by Tom Clausen in Akitsu Quarterly, deer, forests, nature, poems and photos, Published Poems, summer

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always wearing
the same outfit
my deer family


– published in Akitsu Quarterly Fall 2020

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