nest by tom clausen

25 Saturday Apr 2026

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

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begins, bird's nest, haiku, heart, nature, nest, on time, photography, photos, poetry, spring, time

spring begins
right on time
in the heart

so many ways by tom clausen

24 Friday Apr 2026

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

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ahead, children, everything, innocent, joyfully, know, little, nature, photography, photos, poetry, so many ways, spring, tanka, tell, vines, ways

I watch my children
joyfully little and innocent
of everything ahead-
too much I know
too much to tell

combing by tom tom clausen

22 Wednesday Apr 2026

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

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bee, blossoms, busy, combing, dandelion, flowers, honeybee, nature, photography, photos, poetry, spring

busy
as a bee
a bee

little raindrops by tom clausen

17 Friday Apr 2026

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

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day, haiku, haiku day, leaves, little, nature, photography, photos, poetry, rain, raindrops, spring

haiku day
little raindrops
for little leaves

trout lily by tom clausen

17 Friday Apr 2026

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

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flowers, haiku, nature, photography, photos, poetry, reach, sound, spring, trout lily, waterfalls

the sound of the falls
within reach
trout lily

catkin by tom clausen

15 Wednesday Apr 2026

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

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beautiful, catkins, haiku, nature, photography, photos, poetry, spring, tanka, whispered, willow

at the old parking lot
the sparrows bathe
in a big puddle
sometimes I’m so happy
just to be here as witness

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all these times
I’ve whispered to myself
‘how beautiful’

taken to heart by tom clausen

14 Tuesday Apr 2026

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

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blossoming, brevity, Dim Sum, flowers, haiku, heart, nature, photographer, photos, poetry, spring, taken to heart

the brevity
of blossoming
taken to heart

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

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nest by tom clausen

so many ways by tom clausen

combing by tom tom clausen

little raindrops by tom clausen

trout lily by tom clausen

catkin by tom clausen

taken to heart by tom clausen

rusty grate by tom clausen

pale blue by tom clausen

here, here by tom clausen