red slippers by tom clausen

20 Monday Apr 2026

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

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balance, haiku, nature, photography, photos, poetry, rain, raindrops, red, redbud, slippers, spring

redbud slippers
big enough to balance
a raindrop

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

peace prayers by tom clausen

15 Wednesday Apr 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, flowers, gardens, haiku, nature, paths, photos, plants, poems and photos, spring, trees

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garden, haiku, nature, peace, photography, photos, plants, poetry, prayers, shrubs, signs, spring, trees

peace prayers-
the signs of every plant
without words

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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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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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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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

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

	Tom's Nature-up-clos… on peace prayers by tom clau…
	Poetry Blog Digest 2… on carriage by tom clausen
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red slippers by tom clausen

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rusty grate by tom clausen

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