carrying on by tom clausen

11 Wednesday Mar 2026

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

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answer, asks, carrying on, daughter, fungi, gravity, lichen, photography, photos, poetry, spring, surprise, tanka, woman

quite by surprise
my daughter asks me
if I’d like to be a woman
the gravity in the moment
I took to answer

rainy red by tom clausen

06 Friday Mar 2026

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

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cardinal, deeper, haiku, nature, photography, photos, poetry, rain, red, seeing, thicket, winter

seeing me…
the cardinal goes deeper
into the thicket…

the way home by tom clausen

04 Wednesday Mar 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, birds, fields, haiku, nature, poems and photos, Published Poems, winter

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flight, geese, haiku, home, nature, on the way, photography, photos, poetry, sky, spring, winter

on the way home
more geese
on the way home

footstep by tom clausen

01 Sunday Mar 2026

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

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footprint, gravel, haiku, ice, lights, meditation, on, photography, photos, poetry, winter

meditation
i remember i left
the lights on

receptors by tom clausen

28 Saturday Feb 2026

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

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another, branch, country, fallen, fungi, haiku, lichens, Milky Way, photography, photos, poetry, winter

in another country
from a flatcar
the Milky Way

snow white by tom clausen

24 Tuesday Feb 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, haiku, landscapes, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, snow, winter

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haiku, more, nature, photography, photos, poetry, snow, soft spoken, windowsill, winter

soft spoken-
on her windowsill
more snow…

glassware by tom clausen

22 Sunday Feb 2026

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

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aware, glassware, haiku, heart, maple, maple key, photography, photos, poetry, seeds, winter

handling
glassware
aware of the heart

one leaf by tom clausen

21 Saturday Feb 2026

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

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ironic, leaf, leaves, letting go, life, love, nature, oak leaf, photography, photos, poetry, snow, tanka, time, winter

how ironic
coming to love
this life and world
and at the same time
letting it all go …

micro by tom clausen

19 Thursday Feb 2026

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

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better, close-up, details, do photos, fungi, haiku, lichen, micro, nature, photography, poetry, what, winter

lichen
what could we do
better

drip dropping by tom clausen

19 Thursday Feb 2026

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

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dropping, drops, foggy, haiku, horse, mind, no, photography, photos, poetry, rain

raindrop
a world within
this world

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a horse
in the rain
no mind

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carrying on by tom clausen

rainy red by tom clausen

the way home by tom clausen

footstep by tom clausen

receptors by tom clausen

snow white by tom clausen

glassware by tom clausen

one leaf by tom clausen

micro by tom clausen

drip dropping by tom clausen