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rainy day by tom clausen

09 Wednesday Aug 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in A Work of Love, americana, close up details, haiku, leaves, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, summer, water reflections

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this quiet morning
even the bar of soap
falls apart

old doubt by tom clausen

06 Sunday Aug 2023

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

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the tentative start-up
of talk
to a new friend
begins the old doubt
of just who I am, again

not long by tom clausen

11 Sunday Jun 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in close up details, clouds, Frogpond, haiku, leaves, nature, photos, plants, poems and photos, Published Poems, spring, water reflections

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not long
for this world
clouds

fall creek by tom clausen

01 Thursday Jun 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in Cornell, gorges, haiku, Ithaca, lakes and rivers, nature, poems and photos, Published Poems

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the hypnotist.
describes her technique
sound of the stream.

haiku poet interview with tom clausen

30 Tuesday May 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in brass bell, Favorite Haiku, haiku, Haiku Way of Life, Published Poems, Tom Clausen biographical info, Tom poems at other sites, Tom selected favorites

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Jacob Salzer conducts haiku poet interviews and here were my responses to questions
he asked:

https://haikupoetinterviews.wordpress.com/2022/08/01/tom-clausen/

toy soldiers by tom clausen

30 Tuesday May 2023

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

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Memorial Day
overwintered in the sandbox
toy soldiers

Mann Library’s Daily Haiku feature

24 Wednesday May 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in Cornell, Favorite Haiku, haiku, Mann Library Daily Haiku, Published Poems, Tom selected favorites

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One poet featured each month with a new haiku or senryu
posted at the Mann Library, Cornell University home page
each day. There is an archive that dates back to 2007 when
the feature began online.

https://haiku.mannlib.cornell.edu/

best friend by tom clausen

17 Wednesday May 2023

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

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the dog
I didn’t know
I needed

waiting room by tom clausen

21 Friday Apr 2023

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

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alone in the waiting room
checking the plant
for reality

redbud by tom clausen

20 Thursday Apr 2023

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

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it occurs to me
to retreat
from this world-
as if another world
might exist

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