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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attracted, flying, nature, photography, photos, plants, poems, poetry, spring, tanka, wings

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

softness by tom clausen

26 Thursday Mar 2026

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

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alot, enough, forget, haiku, nature, old, photography, photos, pod, poetry, seed, softness, spring, trees

old enough
to forget
a lot

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

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