tip of a tail – tom clausen

08 Tuesday Sep 2026

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

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haiku, nature, photos, phoyography, poetry, sighs, signs, summer, tail, tip

end of summer…
so many signs
and sighs

contented -tom clausen

05 Saturday Sep 2026

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

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attic, clean, flowers, letters, nature, parents, photography, photos, poetry, read, rose of sharon, summer, tanka

in the attic to clean
I read letters from my parents
to each other…
so many things
that cannot be thrown out

the path- tom clausen

02 Wednesday Sep 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, haiku, Ithaca, nature, paths, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, summer

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photography, nature, rain, poetry, haiku, path, walkway, photos, mist, badminton net, sags, sparrow

in the rain
the badminton net sags
with a sparrow

ironweed – tom clausen

24 Monday Aug 2026

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

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haiku. poetry, home, ironweed, nature, path, photography, photos, shelf life, summer, way

the path home…
shelf life of thoughts
along the way

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…

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

new day-tom clausen

10 Monday Aug 2026

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

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bringing, face, haiku, nature, new day, photography, photos, poetry, rose of sharon, summer, water

new day
bringing water
to my face

fancy free- tom clausen

20 Monday Jul 2026

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

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around, bed, expense, fancy free, ideal turned, logistics, lying, mention, photography, photos, poetry, summer, tanka, the world, trip, vines

the logistics
not to mention the expense
has turned out ideal
this trip around the world
while lying in bed

drenched -tom clausen

19 Sunday Jul 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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carries on, chicory, drenched, flower, fountain, life, nature, photography, photos, poetry, rain, summer, tanka

for all that
I will not get to
in this life
the fountain carries on
in the rain

chicory blue-tom clausen

08 Wednesday Jul 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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blue, chicory, faster, light, long, mee, more, nature, occurs, photography, photos, poetry, reverie, summer, tanka, traffic, want, why

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

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