cloud gazing by tom clausen

23 Sunday Nov 2025

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, clouds, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, tanka

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clouds, empty, mind, photography, photos, poetry, tanka, thought

cloud gazing…
I thought about it
but wasn’t sure
what I’d do
with an empty mind

dream time by tom clausen

21 Friday Nov 2025

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, Cornell, nature, parks, photos, poems and photos, ponds, reflections, tanka, water reflections

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blue sky, dreams, nature, photography, photos, poetry, ponds, reflections, tanka, theater, water

pulling the sheet
and covers back
I get in and lie down
prepared for the theater
of my dreams…

good wishes by tom clausen

09 Sunday Nov 2025

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, autumn, close up details, fields, milkweed, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, tanka

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autumn, milkweed, nature, photography, photos, poetry, tanka, wishes

so many chances
in a day to say something
to you
but here it is
growing late

turning back – tom clausen

03 Monday Jun 2024

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, Cornell, flowers, gardens, nature, photos, plants, poems and photos, tanka

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aging out, find out, Ithaca, myself, nature, photography, photos, poetry, spring, tanka, turn back, what it takes

aging out
of myself
i try to find out
what it takes
to turn back

heart – tom clausen

02 Sunday Jun 2024

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

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ambiguous, defined, dismissed, down, feeling, heart, Ithaca, nature, photography, photos, poetry, reason, spring, tanka

I keep it ambiguous
knowing full well
a defined reason
for feeling down
can be dismissed

allium – tom clausen

08 Wednesday May 2024

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

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all, allium, bounces, Ithaca, lawn, look and listen, nature, pauses, photography, photos, poetry, robin, spring, tanka, to do

every few bounces
the robin pauses on the lawn
to look and listen
as if that were all
there was to do

wishes – tom clausen

05 Sunday May 2024

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

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awake, dandelion, dark, gone to seed, invisibly, lie, nature, photography, photos, poetry, spring, tanka, wishes

I did not want
to lie awake
in the dark
but you were there
invisibly

gall by tom clausen

01 Wednesday May 2024

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

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addition, gall, goldenrod, nature, one room, photography, photos, poetry, schoolhouse, spring, subtraction, tanka, wasps, year after year

one room
schoolhouse
year after year
addition and
subtraction

overcast eclipse by tom clausen

09 Tuesday Apr 2024

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, bunnies-rabbits, close up details, Ithaca, nature, photos, poems and photos, spring, tanka

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baby, bunny, darkening, eclipse, nature, overcast, photography, photos, poetry, silence, stillness, tanka

overcast eclipse …
I find a baby bunny
that didn’t make it
through the darkening
stillness

sandbox days by tom clausen

08 Monday Apr 2024

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, Ithaca, Old Vehicles, photos, poems and photos, tanka

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attic, childhood, finds, old cars, photography, photos, places, poetry, sandbox, tanka, way back when

attic finds
remembering
way back when
the places I went
in the sandbox

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