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years by tom clausen

01 Friday Dec 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, autumn, close up details, Dim Sum, haiku, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems

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breakfast, counter, diner, eggs, haiku, photography, photos, poetry, sunny side up, years

years since i last said sunny side up

South by Southeast by tom clausen

01 Friday Dec 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in haiku, Published Poems, South by South East

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asia, haiku, photography, poem, poetry, South by Southeast, south-china-sea, writing

another full moon
my checkbook still
unbalanced

ballet studio
sign for cars to park
nose forward


asleep on the sidewalk
sunrise
on his beard


South by Southeast v.8 no. 3 (2001)



white water-
a birch tree
fallen

S x SE 10th Anniversary Haiku & Haiku Arts v.10 no.3 ( 2003)

riding the elevator
with me
a leaf


daybreak-
spider with swollen egg sac
on the toothpaste

South by Southeast v.7 no. 1 (2000)

complexion by tom clausen

29 Wednesday Nov 2023

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

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autumn, complexion, haiku, leaves, more, nature, photography, photos, poetry, sidewalk

sidewalk leaves
becoming something more
of themselves…

weathering time by tom clausen

28 Tuesday Nov 2023

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

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autumn, deer, haiku, nature, outfit, photography, photos, poetry, time, wearing, weathering

my deer family
always wearing
the same outfit

tomorrow by tom clausen

25 Saturday Nov 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, autumn, close up details, fields, Ithaca, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, tanka

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always, autumn, collections, Ithaca, keepsakes, letting go, milkweed, milkweed seed, nature, photography, photos, poetry, tanka, tomorrow, treaure

it is always some tomorrow
that I’ll let go
one by one
these collected and treasured
keepsakes

another year

24 Friday Nov 2023

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

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autumn, falling, inevitability, leaves, nature, photography, photos, poetry, tanka, too much, world, years

another year
the inevitability
of leaves falling,
the world as it is
still too much

long life by tom clausen

21 Tuesday Nov 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, autumn, haiku, hedgerow, Ithaca, leaves, light, nature, paths, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, trees

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autumn, bench, blue sky, consider, haiku, Ithaca, life, long, nature, photography, photos, poetry, trees, willow

from the bench
some time to consider
a long life

quietly red by tom clausen

19 Sunday Nov 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in A Work of Love, americana, autumn, close up details, gardens, leaves, nature, paths, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, tanka

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haiku, love, nature, photography, photos, poetry, quietly, red, reserve, tanka

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

meditation by tom clausen

18 Saturday Nov 2023

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

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all, dripping, eaves, haiku, knowing, meditation, nature, photography, photos, poetry, tiny words

eaves dripping
what do I know
after all

ginkgo by tom clausen

16 Thursday Nov 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, autumn, close up details, clouds, leaves, light, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, tanka, trees

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autumn, chores, clean, ginkgo, Ithaca, leaves, nature, organize, photography, photos, poetry, sunlight, tanka, trees, words

I use the words
chores, organize, clean
and yet
these autumn clouds
and trees

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