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off season by tom clausen

13 Thursday Nov 2025

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, autumn, close up details, fields, haiku, leaves, nature, photos, poems and photos

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the wind gone
the story I tell myself
for tomorrow

Mann Library Daily Haiku 11-11-25 by Tom Tico

12 Wednesday Nov 2025

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On the redwood stump,
  across its numerous rings-
    the snail’s silvery trail

-Tom Tico

before being born by tom clausen

12 Wednesday Nov 2025

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, autumn, photos, poems and photos, senryu, snow

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no troubles,
not a single one
before being born…

drip drop by tom clausen

10 Monday Nov 2025

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, autumn, close up details, haiku, nature, photos, poems and photos, reflections, water reflections

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within
the raindrop
yet another world…

Mann Library Daily Haiku 11-08-25

09 Sunday Nov 2025

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Sunbathing…
  not seeing but feeling
    each passing cloud

-Tom Tico

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

off to dreamland by tom clausen

08 Saturday Nov 2025

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, dogs, haiku, nature, photos, poems and photos, senryu

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dog, dogs, haiku, napping, nature, photos, poems, poetry, senryu, sleep

getting ready
for sleep
our little dog napping

bittersweet by tom clausen

06 Thursday Nov 2025

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, autumn, fields, haiku, landscapes, nature, photos, poems and photos

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taking over
more of the field
bittersweet

hitchhiker by tom clausen

06 Thursday Nov 2025

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, autumn, close up details, fields, forests, haiku, nature, photos, poems and photos

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hitchhikers
too risky to pick up
ticks

praying mantis by tom clausen

05 Wednesday Nov 2025

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crossing the road
I pick up
a hitchhiker

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