angel dust by tom clausen

06 Friday Feb 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, forests, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, snow, trees, winter

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angels, behind, better, dust, ever, felt, further, parents, past, photography, photos, poetry, slip, snow, tanka, winter, wondering

wondering if this is what
my parents felt,
in their own time
seeing a better past
slip ever further behind

shadowlands by tom clausen

03 Tuesday Feb 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, Dim Sum, forests, haiku, landscapes, nature, paths, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, shadows, snow, trees, Wabi Sabi, winter

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fence, forest, haiku, holding, in, nature, out, photography, photos, poetry, shadowlands, shadows, snow, wabi sabi, winter, woods

a wabi sabi fence
holding nothing in
or out

winter browse by tom clausen

30 Friday Jan 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in deer, fields, forests, haiku, landscapes, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, snow, winter

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browse, deer, family, haiku, nature, outfit, photography, photos, poetry, snow, wearing, winter

deer family
always wearing
the same outfit

waking me by tom clausen

29 Thursday Jan 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, fields, haiku, nature, One Day, photos, plants, poems and photos, Published Poems, winter

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haiku, photography, photos, poetry, senryu, sleep, waking, winter

waking me
to let me know
she can’t sleep

red berries by tom clausen

22 Thursday Jan 2026

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

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cardinal, haiku, photography, photos, picture, poetry, red, red berries, white, window, winter

picture window
in all that white
a cardinal

brittle ice by tom clausen

21 Wednesday Jan 2026

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

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brittle ice, carefully, chosen, cold, creek, frozen, haiku, ice, photography, photos, poetry, winter, words

brittle ice
the way our words
must be chosen carefully

seed by tom clausen

20 Tuesday Jan 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, fields, haiku, Heron's Nest, landscapes, milkweed, nature, photos, plants, poems and photos, Published Poems, winter

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facing, field, haiku, Heron's Nest, meadow, milkweed, milkweed seed, photography, photos, poet's chair, poetry, seed, still, winter

still facing
the meadow
poet’s chair

hiding out by tom clausen

11 Sunday Jan 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, haiku, light, nature, paths, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, shadows, snow, trees, winter

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fits, haiku, hiding out, photography, photos, poetry, shadow, shadows, snow, sun, tree, winter

hiding out
my shadow fits
in the tree

three of a kind by tom clausen

05 Monday Jan 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, fields, haiku, moon, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, snow, vines, winter

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bittersweet, full moon, haiku, kind, moon, photography, photos, poetry, snow, someday, three, vines, winter

full moon …
i’ll get back to myself
someday

conglomerate by tom clausen

04 Sunday Jan 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, nature, paths, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, snow, tanka, winter

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card, conglomerate, photography, photos, poetry, snow, stone, tanka, winter, wreckage, year

as I pick up
winter wreckage
from our yard, it sinks in
no card from her
this year

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angel dust by tom clausen

shadowlands by tom clausen

winter browse by tom clausen

waking me by tom clausen

red berries by tom clausen

brittle ice by tom clausen

seed by tom clausen

hiding out by tom clausen

three of a kind by tom clausen

conglomerate by tom clausen