glistening- tom clausen

17 Friday Jul 2026

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

≈ 1 Comment

Tags

blossom, faster, flowers, glistening, light, more, nature, poetry, reverie, summer, tanka, traffic, want

in a reverie
at the long traffic light
it occurs to me
why would I want
to do more, faster

captive- tom clausen

10 Friday Jul 2026

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

≈ 1 Comment

Tags

captive, ironic, letting it all go, nature, photography, photos, poetry, summer, tanka, time, twine, vines, wprld

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

chicory blue-tom clausen

08 Wednesday Jul 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, flowers, nature, paths, photos, plants, poems and photos, Published Poems, summer, tanka

≈ 1 Comment

Tags

blue, chicory, faster, light, long, mee, more, nature, occurs, photography, photos, poetry, reverie, summer, tanka, traffic, want, why

in a reverie
at the long traffic light
it occurs to me
why would I want
to do more, faster

lake willoughby- tom clausen

02 Thursday Jul 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, lakes and rivers, landscapes, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, summer, tanka

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

combine, family, hike, hikes, Lake Willoughby, light, photography, photos, poetry, summer, tanka, top, trail, Vermont

on the trail to the top
my family hikes best
during the time
they combine
to make light of me

traffic stoppers -tom clausen

23 Tuesday Jun 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, Ithaca, nature, photos, poems and photos, roads, summer, tanka

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

following, geese, leader, photography, photos, poetry, single file, stopping, summer, tanka, traffic

single file
slowly following
the leader
the traffic stops
for the geese to pass…

matrix by tom clausen

12 Tuesday May 2026

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

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

alone, desire, gardens, landscapes, life, matrix, nature, photography, photos, poems, poetry, red, sedum, spring, swept away, tanka

this desire to just be
alone
with all these poems
swept away again and again
by the bigger poem of my life

fledgling by tom clausen

10 Sunday May 2026

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

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

again, birds, dandelion, egg, falling, gone, love, photography, photos, poetry, seed, sign trailhead, spring, sticks, tanka, trail, walking, wishes

two walking sticks
lean against
the trail head sign,
so many way to fall
in love again

lavender by tom clausen

05 Tuesday May 2026

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

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

blossoms, flowers, front, lavender, life, nature, photography, photos, plainly, poetry, pulled up, spring, tanka, visit

if you pulled up
out front to visit
what could I show you
of my life
plainly as it is

unfurling by tom clausen

03 Sunday May 2026

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

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

breeze, everything, ferns, know, nature, nice, photography, photos, poetry, spring, summer, sun, to do, unfurling, what

early summer breeze
plays the sun
across the forest ferns
everything so nice
I hardly know what to do

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

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

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

	Bridgette on Haiku by Tanya McDonald, 9-03-…
	Tom Clausen on Haiku by Tanya McDonald, 09-01…
	Bridgette on Haiku by Tanya McDonald, 09-01…
	Bridgette on the path- tom clausen
	Ezekiel Fish on Haiku by Tanya McDonald, 09-01…

tom clausen

~ poems and photos

Category Archives: tanka

glistening- tom clausen

captive- tom clausen

chicory blue-tom clausen

lake willoughby- tom clausen

traffic stoppers -tom clausen

matrix by tom clausen

fledgling by tom clausen

lavender by tom clausen

unfurling by tom clausen

so many ways by tom clausen