old love by tom clausen

24 Tuesday Mar 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in A Work of Love, americana, close up details, flowers, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, spring, tanka

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flowers, friends, gathering, love, nature, old, one by one, photos, poetry, solace, spent, spring, strenght, tanka, years, youth

my youth spent
gathering strength and solace
of friends near and far
these short years later
losing them one by one

close up by tom clausen

22 Sunday Mar 2026

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

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close up, contracting, fungi, haiku, lichen, nature, photography, photos, poetry, spring, thoughts, universe

the universe
of my thoughts
contracting

almost spring by tom clausen

20 Friday Mar 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, deer, haiku, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, snow, spring

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almost, deer, family, haiku, nature, outfit, photography, photos, poetry, spring, wearing

my deer family
always wearing
the same outfit

pathway by tom clausen

19 Thursday Mar 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, clouds, haiku, Ithaca, landscapes, nature, parks, paths, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, snow, spring

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clouds, day, haiku, morning, nature, path, pathway, photography, photos, poetry, sky, snow, spring, steps, sun, way

morning sun-
the first steps I take
into the day

spring snow by tom clausen

18 Wednesday Mar 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, haiku, Ithaca, landscapes, nature, poems and photos, Published Poems, snow, spring

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declines, dog, haiku, invitation, March, nature, photography, photos, poetry, snow, spring, spring snow

spring snow
our little dog declines
the outing

crocus by tom clausen

12 Thursday Mar 2026

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

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crocus, diary, flowers, memories, photography, photos, poetry, rebuilt, spring, sun, who

old diary
rebuilt memories
of who i was

carrying on by tom clausen

11 Wednesday Mar 2026

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

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answer, asks, carrying on, daughter, fungi, gravity, lichen, photography, photos, poetry, spring, surprise, tanka, woman

quite by surprise
my daughter asks me
if I’d like to be a woman
the gravity in the moment
I took to answer

rainy red by tom clausen

06 Friday Mar 2026

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

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cardinal, deeper, haiku, nature, photography, photos, poetry, rain, red, seeing, thicket, winter

seeing me…
the cardinal goes deeper
into the thicket…

the way home by tom clausen

04 Wednesday Mar 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, birds, fields, haiku, nature, poems and photos, Published Poems, winter

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flight, geese, haiku, home, nature, on the way, photography, photos, poetry, sky, spring, winter

on the way home
more geese
on the way home

footstep by tom clausen

01 Sunday Mar 2026

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

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footprint, gravel, haiku, ice, lights, meditation, on, photography, photos, poetry, winter

meditation
i remember i left
the lights on

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old love by tom clausen

close up by tom clausen

almost spring by tom clausen

pathway by tom clausen

spring snow by tom clausen

crocus by tom clausen

carrying on by tom clausen

rainy red by tom clausen

the way home by tom clausen

footstep by tom clausen