rusty grate by tom clausen

13 Monday Apr 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, Gusts, Ithaca, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, roads, spring, tanka

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gone, grate, letter, Mexico, nature, parents, parts, photography, photos, poetry, rusty grate, spring, tanka

reading an old letter
I wrote to my parents
from Mexico…
so many parts of me
gone with them

pale blue by tom clausen

12 Sunday Apr 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, clouds, Dim Sum, haiku, landscapes, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, spring, trees

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blown, blue, clouds, haiku, hand, kiss, nature, pale, photography, photos, poetry, sky, spring, wind

takes off
in the wind
his hand blown kiss

here, here by tom clausen

10 Friday Apr 2026

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

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bothering, coltsfoot, eternity, haiku, here, long, me, nature, now, photography, photos, poetry, spring, time

eternity
been bothering me
a long time now

bud by tom clausen

10 Friday Apr 2026

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

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begun, bud, left, little, love, maple, nature, photography, photos, poetry, red, reserve, spring, tanka

a little red
begun in the crown
of the maple…
that reserve of love
I still have left

sprung by tom clausen

06 Monday Apr 2026

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

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blossoming, haiku, heart, mind, nature, one by one, photography, photos, poetry, spring, sprung

one by one
the blossoming
in our heart and mind

the weight by tom clausen

05 Sunday Apr 2026

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

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before, dawn, flowers, haiku, hours, nature, photography, photos, poetry, rain, sleep, spring, weight

rain before dawn
the two hours
I couldn’t sleep

suspension by tom clausen

03 Friday Apr 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in Akitsu Quarterly, americana, close up details, fields, forests, haiku, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, raindrops, reflections, spring, water reflections

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buck rubs, clouds, deer, haiku, low, nature, photography, photos, poetry, rain, raindrops, scar, spring, sumac, suspension

low clouds
buck rubs
scar the sumac

flying by tom clausen

02 Thursday Apr 2026

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

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what attracted me most
to the poem
had not so much to do
with the poem
but that she liked it…

coltsfoot by tom clausen

31 Tuesday Mar 2026

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

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beginning, coltsfoot, doubt, flowers, friend, nature, photography, photos, poetry, spring, tanka, tentative, who I am

the tentative start up
of talk . . .
to a new friend?
beginning the old doubt
of just who I am, again?

searching by tom clausen

28 Saturday Mar 2026

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

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important, nature, once, passes by, photography, photos, poetry, remind, spring, tanka, trees, vines, wind

the wind in the trees
reminds me
that what once was
so important
just passes by

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