budding by tom clausen

16 Monday Feb 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, fungus, haiku, nature, paths, photos, plants, poems and photos, trees, winter

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budding, buds, fungi, haiku, lichen, photography, photos, poetry, thaw, thawing, winter

a thawing
how easy to say
what I couldn’t say

ebbing by tom clausen

11 Wednesday Feb 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in haiku, landscapes, light, nature, photos, poems and photos, snow, sunsets, trees, winter

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afterglow, day, goes, haiku, photography, photos, poetry, snow, sunset, trees, winter

winter afterglow
where the day goes
with the others

little beauties by tom clausen

10 Tuesday Feb 2026

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

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bark, beauties, beauty, dying, fungus, haiku, life and death, little, nature, photography, photos, poetry, tree, trunk, winter

the dying tree
gives birth
to little beauties

angel dust by tom clausen

06 Friday Feb 2026

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

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angels, behind, better, dust, ever, felt, further, parents, past, photography, photos, poetry, slip, snow, tanka, winter, wondering

wondering if this is what
my parents felt,
in their own time
seeing a better past
slip ever further behind

shadowlands by tom clausen

03 Tuesday Feb 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, Dim Sum, forests, haiku, landscapes, nature, paths, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, shadows, snow, trees, Wabi Sabi, winter

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fence, forest, haiku, holding, in, nature, out, photography, photos, poetry, shadowlands, shadows, snow, wabi sabi, winter, woods

a wabi sabi fence
holding nothing in
or out

opening by tom clausen

01 Sunday Feb 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, forests, haiku, nature, photos, poems and photos, snow, sun, trees, winter

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around, haiku, nature, opening, photography, photos, poetry, snow, sun, trees, winter, woods

sun opening
the snow around
the tree trunk

cold wind by tom clausen

24 Saturday Jan 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, haiku, lakes and rivers, landscapes, nature, parks, paths, photos, poems and photos, trees, winter

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brutal, cold, cold wind, ducks, haiku, huddle, log, photography, photos, poetry, trees, willows, wind, winter

brutal cold wind-
behind a beached log
ducks huddle

hiding out by tom clausen

11 Sunday Jan 2026

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

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fits, haiku, hiding out, photography, photos, poetry, shadow, shadows, snow, sun, tree, winter

hiding out
my shadow fits
in the tree

reflection by tom clausen

09 Friday Jan 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, haiku, light, nature, paths, photos, poems and photos, puddles, reflections, snow, trees, winter

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haiku, holding, path, photography, photos, poetry, puddle, reflection, snowmelt, thaw, tree, winter

snowmelt puddle
while it can
holding a tree

a stand by tom clausen

28 Sunday Dec 2025

Posted by Tom Clausen in Akitsu Quarterly, americana, haiku, landscapes, light, nature, parks, paths, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, snow, trees, winter

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Akitsu Quarterly, birches, haiku, light, path, photography, photos, poetry, stand, trees, winter, woods

the light
showing so many paths
through the woods

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